# Incident 19900121006329I: Cessna 175B, Ratcliff, TX, January 21, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 21, 1990, 13:30 local time
- Place: Ratcliff, TX
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N8196T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8196T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 175B (registry code 2072506, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-175b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GO-300 series (registry code 17024, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-go-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 175B
- Reported engine: CONT GO300A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total, 6,000 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900121006329I

## Narrative

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

ROUGH ENGINE INFLIGHT. CARBURETOR HEAT INEFFECTIVE. FORCED LANDING IN FIELD. PISTON HAD SEPARATED.

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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