# Accident 20030119002669A: Cessna 175, Grand Island, NE, January 19, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 19, 2003, 13:43 local time
- Place: Grand Island, NE
- Airport: Central Nebraska Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.9675° N, 98.3097° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9675&lon=-98.3097&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6663E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6663E-2006-06-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 175 (registry code 2072502, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-175) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GO-300 series (registry code 17024, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-go-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 175
- Reported engine: CONT GO300*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 5 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI03LA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA058) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030119002669A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED (GRI) GRAND ISLAND, NE AT APPROXIMATELY 1330 ON 01/19/2003 ENROUTE TO (K76) BLAIR, NE. AT APPROXIMATELY 3000 FEET MSL, THE ENGINE LOST POWER APPROXIMATELY 8 MILES EAST OF GRI. PILOT APPLIED CARBURETOR HEAT, TRIED LEFT AND RIGHT MAGNETOS, CHECKED FUEL SELECTOR FOR "BOTH" AND TRIED THE PRIMER, ALL WITH NO EFFECT. CHECKED FUEL QUANTITY AND FUEL WAS BETWEEN 1/2 AND 3/4 ON BOTH TANKS. PILOT SELECTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING AREA ON A GOLF COURSE AND ATTEMPTED TO LAND. DURING THE LANDING, THE NOSE STRUT COLLAPSED AND THE LEFT WING TIP CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE FIREWALL ON THE RIGHT SIDE AND THE LEFT WING TIP HAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE OUTER SECTION AND DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE DAMAGED INTO THE SPAR. DURING CONTINUITY CHECK OF ENGINE COMPONENTS, BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT MAGNETO IMPULSE COUPLING SPRINGS WERE BROKEN IN THE SAME LOCATION. SERIAL NUMBERS ON THE MAGNETOS WERE FOUR NUMBERS APART AND HAD ONLY 5 HOURS SINCE NEW. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND THE LOT NUMBER OF THE SPRINGS WERE TESTED FOR STRESS FRACTURES AND STRENGTH, ALL WERE FOUND TO BE NORMAL. ALL OTHER CONTINUITY CHECKS ON THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED NO ANOMALIES.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI03LA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA058), Jan 19, 2003: Cessna 175 (N6663E), Grand Island, NE, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power due to fuel contamination and the pilot's inadequate preflight inspection.

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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