# Incident 20050305002909I: Cessna 175, Superior, MT, March 5, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 5, 2005, 21:55 local time
- Place: Superior, MT
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.1951° N, 114.9014° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Superior, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.1951&lon=-114.9014&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7397M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7397M) (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: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 990 total, 18 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050305002909I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MARCH 3, 2005, A CESSNA 175, N7397M, DEPARTED FROM ST. MARIES, IDAHO. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON A FLIGHT TO SUPERIOR, MONTANA, WITH 1 PILOT AND 2 PASSENGERS ONBOARD. THE AIRCRAFT WAS EXPERIENCING ENGINE PROBLEMS WHEN THE PILOT DECIDED TO MAKE A FORCED LANDING INTO A FIELD. UPON LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT HIT A FENCE POST, CAUSING SOME MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING STRUT AND THE RIGHT WING. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP. ALL OF THE OCCUPANTS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT ANY INJURY.

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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