# Incident 19950109002479I: Cessna 175, Faribault, MN, January 9, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 9, 1995, 09:30 local time
- Place: Faribault, MN
- Airport: Faribault Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.3011° N, 93.2768° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Faribault, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3011&lon=-93.2768&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7301M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7301M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 175 (registry code 2072502, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-175) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GO-300 series (registry code 17024, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-go-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 175
- Reported engine: CONT GO300E
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 20 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950109002479I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT IN CRUISE FLIGHT FROM SIOUX CITY TO AIRLAKE AT 7500 FEET ALTITUDE, WHEN AIRCRAFT REPORTEDLY "LURCHED". PILOT RETARDED POWER AND HEARD A LOUD BANG. POWER WAS REDUCED AND CABIN FILLED WITH SMOKE, PROBABLY DUE TO ENGINE OIL ON THE EXHAUST SYSTEM. AIRCRAFT WAS VECTORED TO FBL BY AIR TRAFFIC (MSP APPROACH) AND MADE A SAFE LANDING. NO FURTHER DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS REPORTED, AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR HIS TWO PASSENGERS. NOT A PILOT DEVIATION. REPORTED THAT ENGINE CYLINDER #3 WAS WORKED ON PRIOR TO THAT CYLINDER'S PISTON ROD FAILING AND EXITING THROUGH THE ENGINE CASE.

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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