# Accident 20040416005859A: Cessna 175B, Locust Grove, OK, April 16, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 16, 2004, 11:30 local time
- Place: Locust Grove, OK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.2000° N, 95.1667° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2000&lon=-95.1667&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8172T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8172T-2009-09-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 175B (registry code 2072506, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-175b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GO-300 series (registry code 17024, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-go-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 175B
- Reported engine: CONT GO300*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 15 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW04LA110](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW04LA110) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040416005859A

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE IN CRUISE NEAR LOCUST GROVE, OK, THE PILOT NOTICED FUMES AND THE ENGINE BEGAN OPERATING ROUGH. DURING A SECOND GLANCE OF THE ENGINE INSTRUMENTS, THE PILOT NOTICED THE OIL PRESSURE GO TO ZERO. AT THIS POINT THE AIRCRAFT WAS AT ABOUT 1200 FEET AND THE PILOT ELECTED TO LAND IN A COW PASTURE. THE FIRST MARK ON THE PASTURE ON A HEADING OF 260 DEGREES, WAS FROM THE NOSE WHEEL, AND THREE FEET LATER BOTH MAINS CONTACTED THE GROUND. AFTER 12 FEET ON THE GROUND THE NOSE FORK BROKE OFF THE STRUT. THE AIRCRAFT TRAVELED FOR ABOUT 78 FEET AND FLIPPED OVER. THERE WAS NO ROTATIONAL SCARRING ON THE GROUND FROM THE PROPELLER. THE PILOT RECEIVED A SMALL CUT OVER THE RIGHT EYE THAT REQUIRED EIGHT STITCHES AND REMAINED IN THE HOSPITAL OVERNIGHT FOR OBSERVATION. THE PASSENGER HAD MINOR CUTS ON THE LEFT KNEE. THE BELLY AND SIDES OF THE AIRCRAFT WERE COVERED WITH OIL. FLIGHT CONTROLS WERE INTACT, WITH CONTINUITY TO THE CONTROL SURFACES. THE VERTICAL STAB, RUDDER, AND TAIL WERE BENT AND CRUSHED. THE ENGINE FIREWALL WAS BUCKLED AND THE TOP LEFT ENGINE MOUNT DOGLEG WAS BROKEN. THE SKIN OF BOTH WINGS WAS WRINKLED AND THE OUTBOARD 18 INCHES OF THE RIGHT WING WAS CRUSHED BACK INTO THE WING SPAR.

## 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 FTW04LA110](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW04LA110), Apr 16, 2004: Cessna 175B (N8172T), Locust Grove, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The improper installation of the generator, which resulted in oil starvation. A factor was the unsuitable terrain.

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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