# Incident 20020110001589I: Cessna 175C, San Angelo, TX, January 10, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 10, 2002, 10:00 local time
- Place: San Angelo, TX
- Airport: Mathis Field
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.4638° N, 100.4370° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Angelo, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.4638&lon=-100.4370&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8317T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8317T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 175C (registry code 2072508, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-175c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 175C
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,700 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020110001589I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 01/10/02, AT APPROXIMATELY 1000, A 1961 CESSNA 175C, S/N 17557017, N8317T, PILOTED BY MR. FRANK E. HINDS, CERTIFICATE #001692160M OF^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED MADE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING WITHOUT INCIDENT ON A RANCH ROAD , APPROXIMATELY 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE SAN ANGELO AIRPORT (SJT). MR. HINDS (PIC) WAS THE ONLY PERSON ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT. MR. HINDS WAS NOT INJURED. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRPORT. THERE WAS NO ONE REPORTEDLY INJURED ON THE GROUND OR ANY PROPERTY DAMAGE. THERE WAS NO FIRE. THERE WAS NO NMAC. WHILE DESCENDING TO LAND AT SJT, MR. HINDS NOTICED LOW OIL PRESSURE AND INCREASED RPM INDICATIONS. AS A PRECAUTION, MR. HINDS ELECTED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT ON A DESERTED RANCH ROAD. ENGINE FAILURE DID NOT OCCUR. THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING AND MAKING POWER AT LANDING. UPON INSPECTION, A "B" NUT ON AN OIL LINE TO THE PROPELLER GOVERNOR WAS FOUND TO BE LEAKING OIL. REPAIRS WERE ACCOMPLISHED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. THE AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF FROM THE RANCH ROAD AND LANDED SAFELY AT SJT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. A MALFUNCTION OR DEFECT REPORT 8010-4, WILL BE SUBMITTED.

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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