# Accident 19880527054709A: Cessna 175C, Santa Rosa, CA, May 27, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 27, 1988, 15:55 local time
- Place: Santa Rosa, CA
- Airport: Sonoma County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.4965° N, 122.8054° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4965&lon=-122.8054&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8384T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8384T-1990-01-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 175C (registry code 2072508, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-175c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 175C
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,190 total, 1,676 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX88LA200](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88LA200) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880527054709A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ENGINE QUIT ON CLIMBOUT. CRASHED ON RETURNING. OIL COOLER HAD BEEN IMPROPERLY INSTALLED. LOST OIL. ENGINE SEIZED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX88LA200](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88LA200), May 27, 1988: Cessna 175C (N8384T), Santa Rosa, CA, substantial damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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