# Incident 19960601025189I: Cessna 175B, Sante Fe, NM, June 1, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 1, 1996, 09:15 local time
- Place: Sante Fe, NM
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N8220T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8220T-2002-10-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 175B (registry code 2072506, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-175b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GO-300 series (registry code 17024, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-go-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 175B
- Reported engine: CONT GO300*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 395 total, 43 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960601025189I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JUNE 1, 1996, AT APPROXIMATELY 0930 HOURS (LOCAL), A CESSNA 175, N8220T, WHICH WAS BEING PILOTED BY A PRIVATE PILOT, LANDED ON INTERSTATE 25 NEAR PECOS, NEW MEXICO. THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN EXPERIENCING SIGNS OF ENGINE PROBLEMS NEAR TRUCHAS, NEW MEXICO. THE PILOT STATED THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH, SMOOTHED OUT FOR A SHORT TIME, THEN BEGAN TO RUN VERY ROUGH. AT THIS POINT, THE PILOT ELECTED TO MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON INTERSTATE 25 RATHER THAN CONTINUE TO HIS DESTINATION. POSTFLIGHT EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED A STUCK EXHAUST VALVE AND A DEAD MAGNETO. THE AIRCRAFT HAD AN ANNUAL IN APRIL OF 1996. OTHER THAN THE INTERNAL FAILURE OF THE ENGINE, THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED NO DAMAGE. PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.

## Other reports on N8220T (2)

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

- [Incident 19970524017479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970524017479I), May 24, 1997: Cessna 175B (N8220T), Richfield, UT, Minor damage. Narrative: encountered unforecast I.m.c. 10 miles from destination. Made precautionary landing in ymc on dirt road/field at 7,200' MSL. Suffered minor damage…
- [Incident 19950428012709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950428012709I), Apr 28, 1995: Cessna 175B (N8220T), Clines Corner, NM. Lost partial power. Landed in a pasture. NR3 cylinder head had cracked.

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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