# Accident 19950903027829A: Cessna 175, Staples, MN, September 3, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 3, 1995, 11:00 local time
- Place: Staples, MN
- Airport: Staples Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.3597° N, 94.8005° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.3597&lon=-94.8005&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9425B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9425B) (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 O300D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 166 total, 95 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI95LA311](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI95LA311) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950903027829A

## Narrative

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

LOST POWER. LANDED IN A SWAMP. BROKE OFF NOSE GEAR AND NOSED OVER INTO WATER. UNABLE TO DETERMINE CAUSE POWER LOSS. (-23) ON 09-03-95 AT 1100, N9425B, PILOTED BY JEROL MADISON ^PRIVACY D^ HAD A FORCED LANDING INTO A SWAMP. AIRCRAFT DEPARTED A PRIVATE STRIP, ENROUTE THE ENGINE QUIT, WOULD NOT RESTART, UPON IMPACT TO THE GROUND, THE GEAR COLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER IN THE WATER. AIRMEN COMPETENCE AND AIRWORTHINESS UNABLE TO BE DETERMINED AT THIS TIME, AMENDMENT WILL FOLLOW WHEN ENGINE ABLE TO BE RUN.

## 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 CHI95LA311](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI95LA311), Sep 3, 1995: Cessna 175 (N9425B), Staples, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's delay in the application of carburetor heat, which resulted in carburetor ice, loss of engine power, and a subsequent forced landing in a swampy area. The carburetor icing (weather)…

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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