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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 175 · Green Bay, WI · October 27, 1987

Date
October 27, 1987 · 19:45 local
Place
Green Bay, WI
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N6661E
Reported as
Cessna 175
Reported engine
Franklin 6A350C2
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
640 total350 in this make and model20 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.

The engine backfired and lost all power at cruise. Landed on a highway. Camshaft drive gear had failed.

As the FAA filed it

THE ENGINE BACKFIRED AND LOST ALL POWER AT CRUISE. LANDED ON A HIGHWAY. CAMSHAFT DRIVE GEAR HAD FAILED.