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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 175 · Albuquerque, NM · February 10, 2005

Date
February 10, 2005 · 10:35 local
Place
Albuquerque, NM
Airport
Double Eagle II Airport
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7309M
Reported as
Cessna 175
Reported engine
Continental O300D
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) On February 10, 2005, at 1035 MDT, Cessna 175, registration number N7309M, owned by privacy data omitted pilot, privacy data omitted executed an emergency landing in a field twenty miles southwest of Double Eagle airport. The pilot privacy data omitted heard a loud bang and experienced severe vibration. Smoke encompassed the cockpit area; pilot shut the engine down and called for an emergency landing. No visible aircraft damage noted, aircraft engine suffered damage to the right crankcase, a hole, two inches in diameter was found and no oil registered on engine dipstick. No injuries reported. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of incident. Maintenance personnel recovered aircraft and repositioned aircraft at local repair station.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON FEBRUARY 10, 2005, AT 1035 MDT, CESSNA 175, REGISTRATION NUMBER N7309M, OWNED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PILOT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ EXECUTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD TWENTY MILES SOUTHWEST OF DOUBLE EAGLE AIRPORT. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DAT^ HEARD A LOUD BANG AND EXPERIENCED SEVERE VIBRATION. SMOKE ENCOMPASSED THE COCKPIT AREA; PILOT SHUT THE ENGINE DOWN AND CALLED FOR AN EMERGENCY LANDING. NO VISIBLE AIRCRAFT DAMAGE NOTED, AIRCRAFT ENGINE SUFFERED DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT CRANKCASE, A HOLE, TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER WAS FOUND AND NO OIL REGISTERED ON ENGINE DIPSTICK. NO INJURIES REPORTED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL RECOVERED AIRCRAFT AND REPOSITIONED AIRCRAFT AT LOCAL REPAIR STATION.