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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 175A · Lake Placid, FL · July 27, 1997

Date
July 27, 1997 · 09:25 local
Place
Lake Placid, FL
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N6920E
Reported as
Cessna 175A
Reported engine
Continental GO300D
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,500 total500 in this make and model70 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.

Narrative: the pilot was .5 hr into the second leg of his flight, the #3 connecting rod failed and broke the engine case. The pilot made an emergency landing in an open field. There was no damage to the airplane. The pilot and one passenger was not injured. Post examination revealed the engine oil supply was depleated.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT WAS .5 HR INTO THE SECOND LEG OF HIS FLIGHT, THE #3 CONNECTING ROD FAILED AND BROKE THE ENGINE CASE. THE PILOT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN AN OPEN FIELD. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRPLANE. THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER WAS NOT INJURED. POST EXAMINATION REVEALED THE ENGINE OIL SUPPLY WAS DEPLEATED.