39.6375° N, 79.9469° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Morgantown, WV, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
July 9, 1991 · 18:30 local
Place
Morgantown, WV
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N9455B
Reported as
Cessna 175
Reported engine
Continental GO300*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
490 total460 in this make and model35 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.
Engine rough then quit. Forced landing in field. Found excessive carbon on valves.
As the FAA filed it
ENGINE ROUGH THEN QUIT. FORCED LANDING IN FIELD. FOUND EXCESSIVE CARBON ON VALVES.