# Incident 20050210001229I: Cessna 175, Albuquerque, NM, February 10, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 10, 2005, 10:35 local time
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Airport: Double Eagle II Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1449° N, 106.7952° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DOUBLE EAGLE II (AEG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1449&lon=-106.7952&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7309M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7309M) (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 O300D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050210001229I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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