# Accident 19920806029609A: Cessna 175A, East Lansing, MI, August 6, 1992

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 6, 1992, 10:20 local time
- Place: East Lansing, MI
- Airport: Davis Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9979° N, 84.4764° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DAVIS FLD (79MI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9979&lon=-84.4764&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6853E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6853E-1993-01-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 175A (registry code 2072504, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-175a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 175A
- Reported engine: CONT GO300C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 335 total, 20 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI92LA226](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI92LA226) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920806029609A

## Narrative

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

LOST OIL PRESSURE AND POWER. VECTERD BY ATC TO PRIVATE STRIP. OVERSHOT SHORT WET GRASS STRIP. OIL CAP FOUND OFF.

## 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 CHI92LA226](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI92LA226), Aug 6, 1992: Cessna 175A (N6853E), East Lansing, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT WHICH RESULTED IN A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER DURING CRUISE FLIGHT. RELATED FACTORS ARE THE LOOSE OIL FILLER CAP, AND THE SHORT, WET GRASS STRIP…

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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