# Incident 20190603005629I: Cessna 175B, Catano, PR, June 3, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 3, 2019, 13:55 local time
- Place: Catano, PR
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 18.4400° N, 66.1355° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cataño, PR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.4400&lon=-66.1355&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8142T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8142T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 175B (registry code 2072506, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-175b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GO-300 series (registry code 17024, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-go-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 175B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR GO-300 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190603005629I

## Narrative

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

PILOT, AS THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT, TOOK OFF VFR FROM RUNWAY 09 VIA LEFT DOWNWIND DEPARTURE AT TJIG AIRPORT ENROUTE TO MAZ AIRPORT HEADING WESTBOUND. OVERHEAD PUNTA SALINAS AREA  ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF THE DEPARTURE AIRPORT AT 1,000 FEET MSL, PILOT EXPERIENCED ENGINE ROUGHNESS WITH CLUCKING NOISE REPEATING SEVERAL TIMES. PILOT INITIALLY REDUCED ENGINE POWER. ENGINE ROUGHNESS GOT WORSE. HE THEN ADDED FULL POWER, RPM INDICATED 2900, AND HE DECIDED TO RETURN TO SIG AIRPORT FOR LANDING WHILE MAKING A 180 TURN. AT THAT TIME, PROPELLER STOPPED IN THE AIR. HE STATED THAT HE CHECKED MIXTURE FULL RICH, MAGNETOS ON BOTH, CARB HEAT-OFF. HE ASSESSED THAT HE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO REACH THE AIRPORT. PILOT DECLARED EMERGENCY WITH SIG CONTROL TOWER AND LANDED ON A DOUBLE LANE HIGHWAY IN THE CITY OF CATANO, PR. HE STATED THAT HE TOUCHED DOWN AT 65 MILES PER HOUR; ROLLED ABOUT 500 FEET; AND MANEUVERED THE AIRCRFAT  ONTO THE GRASS HIGHWAY MEDIAN USING THE ROLLING MOMENTUM OF THE AIRCRAFT. HE BROUGHT THE AIRCRAFT TO A STOP USING AIRCRAFT BRAKING. HE STATED THAT HE DID NOT HIT ANY OBJECTS, OR OTHER CARS IN THE PROCESS. HE SUSTAINED NO INJURIES AS A RESULT OF THIS OFF AIRPORT EMERGENCY LANDING.

AT THE SCENE OF THE INCIDENT, COLLECTED FUEL FROM EACH WING AND ENGINE SUMP, AND FUEL SHOWED BLUE IN COLOR, AND FREE OF CONTAMINANTS. ENGINE OIL DIPSTICK SHOWED SLIGHTLY ABOVE 6 QUARTS OF OIL. LEFT SIDE OF THE ENGINE COWLING SHOWED DEFORMATION CAUSED BY IMPACT FROM WITHIN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT; AND SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF ENGINE OIL WAS OBSERVED LEAKING OVER THE NOSE LANDING GEAR STRUT AND NOSE GEAR FAIRING.

UPON REMOVING THE ENGINE COWLING, IT WAS SEEN THAT ONE OF THE CYLINDERS WAS DISLODGED, ENGINE CASING WAS BROKEN, AND PIECE OF ENGINE BLOCK WAS MISSING.

THE INVESTIGATION OF THIS CASE WILL BE DOCUMENTED WITH PTRS # SO63201901416/NXG/1711 OPERATIONS; AND PTRS # SO63201901366 BY AIRWORTHINESS/AAS/5711.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.