# Incident 20011012032469I: Cessna 170B, Mesquite, NV, October 12, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 12, 2001, 12:10 local time
- Place: Mesquite, NV
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.8055° N, 114.0672° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mesquite, NV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8055&lon=-114.0672&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2653D (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- Reported engine: CONT O300A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 215 total, 100 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011012032469I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF FROM OVERTON, NEVADA, FLYING DIRECT TO ST. GEORGE, UTAH, AT 2000 AGL WHEN THE ENGINE FAIRING STARTED TO SHACK, THEN STOPPED, STARTED TO SHAKE AGAIN THEN BLACK SMOKE WAS COMING FROM THE ENGINE. SHUT THE ENGINE DOWN, PICKED A SPOT TO LAND, LANDED WITHOUT MISHAP. NO FIRE, NO INJURIES. ONLY DAMAGE NOTED WAS A HOLE IN THE ENGINE CASE WHERE A CONNECTING ROD CAME THRU. AN M OR D WILL BE SUBMITTED. THIS CLOSES THIS INCIDENT.

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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