# Incident 19970808027099I: Cessna A185F, Seeley Lake, MT, August 8, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 1997, 15:30 local time
- Place: Seeley Lake, MT
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.1705° N, 113.4586° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Seeley Lake, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.1705&lon=-113.4586&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1470Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1470Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185F (registry code 2072821, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185F
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,020 total, 900 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970808027099I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AFTER REFUELING HIS AIRCRAFT AT SEELEY LAKE, THE PILOT STATED THAT HE TOOK OFF TO CONTINUE A VFR FLIGHT TO SEATTLE. APPROXIMATELY FIVE MILES SOUTH OF SEELEY LAKE HE HEARD A LOUD NOISE FROM HIS ENGINE AND AT THE SAME TIME HIS WINDSCREEN WAS SPRAYED WITH OIL. HE SHUT DOWN HIS ENGINE, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY TO GTF FSS AND LANDED HIS AIRCRAFT ON LAKE PLACID - SMALL LAKE HE HAD SPOTTED BEFORE THE ENGINE FAILED. A BOATER TOWED HIM TO SHORE. INVESTIGATION BY A MECHANIC FROM MINUTEMAN AVIATION IN MISSOUA, MT SHOWED THAT THE ENGINE HAD BLOWN A ROD AND HAD A HOLE IN THE TOP OF THE CASE. THERE WAS NO OTHER DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE ENGINE WAS A FACTORY REMAN. WITH 305 HOURS AND IT WILL BE SENT TO THE MANUFACTURER FOR TEAR DOWN. THEY WILL SEND US THE RESULTS OF THE TEARDOWN. THIS REPORT IS CLOSED.

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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