# Incident 19970905033389I: Cessna 172F, Coushatta, LA, September 5, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 1997, 07:02 local time
- Place: Coushatta, LA
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.0258° N, 93.3406° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Coushatta, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.0258&lon=-93.3406&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8695U (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172F
- Reported engine: CONT O300D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,732 total, 1,537 in this make and model, 56 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970905033389I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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