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| Date: | Saturday 9 September 2000 |
| Time: | 22:30 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna R172K |
| Owner/operator: | Aurora Aircraft, Inc. |
| Registration: | N1036V |
| MSN: | R172 2089 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 7709 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental IO-360K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Aurora, CO -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Englewood, CO (APA |
| Watkins, CO (KFTG) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
During the night cross-country flight, the engine started to run rough and then seized. The pilot made an emergency descent and completed a forced landing in a rough field. Upon impact with the ground, the nose gear strut collapsed and buckled the firewall. A post accident engine teardown examination identified that the engine oil pump shaft or 'idler pin' for the driven gear had worked free from its pressed-in position on the accessory case. The movement of the pin allowed it to fracture through the engine oil pump cover plate and come in contact with the tachometer drive gear resulting in the fracture of the tachometer drive gear shaft. The fracture of the tachometer drive shaft resulted in the failure of the engine oil pump resulting in the loss of engine oil pressure and the subsequent total loss of engine power.
Probable Cause: The unsuitable terrain for a forced landing. Contributing factors were the total loss of engine power due to the failure of the engine oil pump and the dark night light conditions.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB DEN00LA167
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-May-2024 07:38 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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