VIDALIA, GA, USA
N9107M
CESSNA 182P
AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED LOSS OF POWER AND RETURNED TO AIRPORT. DEPARTED SECOND TIME AND EXPERIENCED ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE. AIRCRAFT ATTEMPTED EMERGENCY LANDING AND OVERTURNED IN FIELD. EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED PISTON FAILURE IN #4 CYLINDER. POST ACC INSPECT SHOWED CORROSION AND CRACKS IN MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUT WHICH HAD NOT BEEN MAINTAINED PROPERLY. THE LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED DURING THE LANDING ROLL. THE ACFT GENERALLY SHOWED SIGNS OF NEGLECT. THE LATEST ANNUAL INSPECTION RECORDED WAS 8/11/87.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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