# Incident 19970727028419I: Cessna 175A, Lake Placid, FL, July 27, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 1997, 09:25 local time
- Place: Lake Placid, FL
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.3026° N, 81.3715° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lake Placid, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.3026&lon=-81.3715&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6920E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6920E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 175A (registry code 2072504, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-175a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 175A
- Reported engine: CONT GO300D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,500 total, 500 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970727028419I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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