# Accident 19890820033729A: Cessna STC175, Anchorage, AK, August 20, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 1989, 20:25 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.2181° N, 149.9003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Anchorage, AK, within about 23 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2181&lon=-149.9003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6929E (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA STC175
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 450 total, 300 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC89LA147](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC89LA147) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890820033729A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT,OVERSHOT LANDING ON DIRT STRIP. PULLED UP AND STALLED INTO TREES. CRANKSHAFT GEAR BOLT AND PIN FAILED.

## 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 ANC89LA147](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC89LA147), Aug 21, 1989: Cessna 175 (N6929E), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: FAILURE OF THE ACCESSORY DRIVE (CRANKSHAFT) DOWEL PIN AND/OR GEAR BOLT, WHICH RESULTED IN THE ACCESSORY DRIVEGEAR BECOMING DISCONNECTED FROM THE CRANKSHAFT.

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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