# Incident 20050914031299I: Cessna 175, Wadena, MN, September 14, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 14, 2005, 13:15 local time
- Place: Wadena, MN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.4472° N, 95.1267° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wadena, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.4472&lon=-95.1267&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7219M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7219M) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 950 total, 650 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/20050914031299I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OM^ DEPARTED THE WADENA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT WHEN HE EXPERIENCED SMOKE AND THEN FIRE COMING FROM THE ENGINE COWLING WHILE IN FLIGHT. HE MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT AN ABANDONED AIRFIELD IN THE TOWN OF WADENA, APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES EAST OF THE DEPARTURE AIRPORT. POST INCIDENT INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED THE DAMAGE TO BE LIMITED TO FIRE DAMAGE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT OF THE AIRCRAFT, WITH THE FIRE BEING CONCENTRATED IN AND AROUND THE CARBURETOR AREA AND THE LOWER LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE ENGINE ITSELF. EXAMINATION OF THE EXHAUST MUFFLER UNDER THE HEAT SHROUD REVEALED EXTENSIVE CRACKING AND ERROSION OF THE MUFFLER. THE CONDITION OF THE MUFFLER WAS ALLOWING HOT EXHAUST GASES TO BE DIRECTED INTO THE CARBURETOR.

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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