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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 172F · Coushatta, LA · September 5, 1997

Date: September 5, 1997 · 07:02 local
Place: Coushatta, LA
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N8695U
Reported as: Cessna 172F
Reported engine: Continental O300D
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,732 total1,537 in this make and model56 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: on September 5, 1997, at 0702 central daylight time, a CE-172-F aircraft, N8695U, registered to byron c. schulingkamp, privacy data omitted experienced power loss in cruise flight during a pleasure flight. A successful landing was accomplished on a hard surfaced road. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time, although an IFR flight plan was in affect. The instrument rated private pilot and one passenger were not injured and the aircraft sustained no damage. Investigation revealed the no. 2 cyl, connecting rod bolt, p/n 53021, had broken, causing the engine sump to rupture.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON SEPTEMBER 5, 1997, AT 0702 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A CE-172-F AIRCRAFT, N8695U, REGISTERED TO BYRON C. SCHULINGKAMP, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ EXPERIENCED POWER LOSS IN CRUISE FLIGHT DURING A PLEASURE FLIGHT. A SUCCESSFUL LANDING WAS ACCOMPLISHED ON A HARD SURFACED ROAD. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, ALTHOUGH AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS IN AFFECT. THE INSTRUMENT RATED PRIVATE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED NO DAMAGE. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE NO. 2 CYL, CONNECTING ROD BOLT, P/N 53021, HAD BROKEN, CAUSING THE ENGINE SUMP TO RUPTURE.