# Incident 19940513027479I: Cessna 140, Wills Point, TX, May 13, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 13, 1994, 15:54 local time
- Place: Wills Point, TX
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7095° N, 96.0050° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wills Point, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7095&lon=-96.0050&mi=10
- Aircraft: N77173, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N77173) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 140 (registry code 2071602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 110 total, 110 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940513027479I

## Narrative

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

ROUGH ENGINE. PROP DEPARTED THE ENGINE DURING POWER CHANGE. LANDED IN FIELD SAFELY. ENGINE CRANKSHAFT BROKE AT SEAL

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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