Cessna 182 N7426Q

Summary

On 7 June 1987 at about 16:00 local time, a Cessna 182 registered N7426Q was involved in an accident near Vera Cruz, Pennsylvania, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

7 June 1987 at 16:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Vera Cruz, Pennsylvania, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 182

Registration

N7426Q

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Ocean City → Benton

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC87LA162

Nobody was 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 PLT RPRTD THAT WHILE EN ROUTE AT 3500 FT, THE ENG BEGAN TO VIBRATE. ABOUT 1 MIN LATER, OIL STARTED COVERING THE WINDSHIELD & THE COCKPIT BEGAN FILLING WITH SMOKE. HE SHUT DOWN THE ENG & LOOKED FOR A PLACE TO LAND. BEFORE LANDING, HE RESTARTED THE ENG, BUT THE OIL & SMOKE BECAME WORSE, SO HE SHUT IT DOWN AGAIN. WHILE LANDING IN A FARMER'S FIELD, THE LANDING GEAR HIT AN UNSEEN FURROW & WAS DAMAGED. AN EXAM OF THE ENG REVEALED THE #5 PISTON HAD FAILED, WHICH RESULTED IN A PUNCTURED CASE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.