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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 175 · Sonora, TX · March 23, 1985

Date
March 23, 1985 · 13:00 local
Place
Sonora, TX
Airport
Sonora
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N6710E
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW85LA170
Reported as
Cessna 175
Reported engine
Continental GO300A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
95 total88 in this make and model16 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Oil filter, screen clogged by sludge, metals. Oil vented overboard. Landed in rocky field. Used marvel mystery oil.

As the FAA filed it

OIL FILTER, SCREEN CLOGGED BY SLUDGE, METALS. OIL VENTED OVERBOARD. LANDED IN ROCKY FIELD. USED MARVEL MYSTERY OIL.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.