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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 175 · Ocean Isles, NC · March 9, 2021

Date
March 9, 2021 · 17:45 local
Place
Ocean Isles, NC
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9399B
Reported as
Cessna 175
Reported engine
Continental GO-300 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
1,168 total36 in this make and model173 in the last 90 days

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.

At cruise flight pilot experience a high CHT (cylinder head temperature reading. Soon after a loud pop from the engine resulted in smoke in the cockpit. Engine was shut down, and a successful landing in a farmers field was accomplished with any injury of flight crew, or damage to the airframe.

As the FAA filed it

AT CRUISE FLIGHT PILOT EXPERIENCE A HIGH CHT (CYLINDER HEAD TEMPERATURE READING. SOON AFTER A LOUD POP FROM THE ENGINE RESULTED IN SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN, AND A SUCCESSFUL LANDING IN A FARMERS FIELD WAS ACCOMPLISHED WITH ANY INJURY OF FLIGHT CREW, OR DAMAGE TO THE AIRFRAME.