Cessna 182L N70541

Summary

On 5 March 1982 at about 18:45 local time, a Cessna 182L registered N70541, operated by Jack Jones, was involved in an accident near Farmerville, Louisiana, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

5 March 1982 at 18:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Farmerville, Louisiana, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 182L

Registration

N70541

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Jack Jones

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Farmerville → Tyler

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW82FRJ09

2 people were seriously injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HIS TAKEOFF AND CLIMB TO 2200 FT MSL WERE NORMAL. AFTER THE PLANE WAS IN CRUISE CONFIGURATION, HE HEARD AN ABNORMAL NOISE AND DECIDED TO RETURN TO THE AIRPORT. THE NOISE LEVEL INCREASED AND THE ENGINE BEGAN TO VIBRATE. THE PILOT OBSERVED A PIECE OF METAL PROTRUDING THROUGH THE COWLING. HE SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE, TURNED OFF THE MASTER SWITCH, AND SELECTED AN AREA FOR A FORCED LANDING. BEFORE LANDING, THE MASTER SWITCH WAS TURNED ON MOMENTARILY TO LOWER THE FLAPS. THE PLANE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHILE LANDING ON HILLY TERRAIN. AN INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE NO. 2 CONNECTING ROD HAD BECOME DISCONNECTED FROM ITS CRANKPIN. THE BEARING HAD DISINTEGRATED, THE CRANKPIN HAD TURNED BLACK FROM THERMAL DAMAGE, AND THE ROD BOLTS HAD BROKEN. THE EXACT CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.