# Incident 19920821038189I: Boeing A75N1, Tracy, CA, August 21, 1992

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 21, 1992, 10:40 local time
- Place: Tracy, CA
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: MBNG
- Location: 37.7274° N, 121.4522° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tracy, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7274&lon=-121.4522&mi=10
- Aircraft: N68251, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N68251-2004-05-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing A75N1(PT17) (registry code 1380134, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-a75n1-pt17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Wright 975E&F-2&3 (registry code 67015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/wright-975e-f-2-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING A75N1
- Reported engine: WRIGHT R975*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 140 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920821038189I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE LOST POWER ON CLIMB. FORCED LANDING ON HIGHWAY. FOUND ENGINE CYLINDER EXHAUST VALVE STUCK OPEN.

## Other reports on N68251 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19960729026049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960729026049A), Jul 29, 1996: Boeing A75N1 (N68251), Tracy, CA, Destroyed. (.4)The pilot reported that the engine quit while he was en route to a job and he landed in an alfalfa field. The aircraft collided with a ditch which was…

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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