37.3114° N, 120.4704° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Merced, CA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
May 26, 1995 · 15:00 local
Place
Merced, CA
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N8121Z
Reported as
Cessna 2105
Reported engine
Continental IO470S
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,126 total600 in this make and model30 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.
Catastropic engine failure at cruise. Landed in farm field. Found connecting rod failure caused engine distruction.
As the FAA filed it
CATASTROPIC ENGINE FAILURE AT CRUISE. LANDED IN FARM FIELD. FOUND CONNECTING ROD FAILURE CAUSED ENGINE DISTRUCTION.