# Incident 20040918023939I: Cessna 175C, Benton, AR, September 18, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 18, 2004, 10:30 local time
- Place: Benton, AR
- Airport: Saline County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5904° N, 92.4794° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SALINE COUNTY RGNL (SUZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5904&lon=-92.4794&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8323T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8323T-2014-11-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 175C (registry code 2072508, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-175c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GO-300 series (registry code 17024, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-go-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 175C
- Reported engine: CONT O300E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 560 total, 350 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040918023939I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 18, 2004 AT APPROXIMATELY 1030 LCL TIME A CE-175-C, REGISTRATION NUMBER N8323T, SERIAL NUMBER 17557023 OPERATED BY A PRIVATE PILOT HAD JUST TAKEN OFF (APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET IN THE AIR, AT 100 MPH) HALFWAY DOWN THE NORTH END OF THE RUNWAY, EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER TO THE ENGINE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED AS A PERSONAL FLIGHT UNDER 14 CFR PART 91 WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM BENTON, ARKANSAS AT SALINE COUNTY/WATTS FIELD (M99) UNDER VMC CONDITIONS. THE PRIVATE PILOT RECEIVED NO INJURIES AND THE AIRCRAFT HAD MINOR DAMAGE. NOSE GEAR BROKE OFF AT FORWARD END OF MOUNTING BRACKET, RIGHT ELEVATOR BOWED AT MIDDLE, NO SPAR DAMAGE OR FIREWALL DAMAGE COULD BE NOTED.

## Other reports on N8323T (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20101008046999A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101008046999A), Oct 8, 2010: Cessna 175C (N8323T), Humphrey, AR, Substantial damage. On October 8, 2010, at approximately 1112 CDT, N8323T, a Cessna 175 aircraft, operated by a private pilot near Humphrey, Arkansas struck a power line in flight…

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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