# Incident 20210724011729I: Cessna 170B, Emmett, ID, July 24, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 2021, 16:51 local time
- Place: Emmett, ID
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.8692° N, 116.4922° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Emmett, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.8692&lon=-116.4922&mi=10
- Aircraft: N39998, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N39998) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170B (registry code 2072306, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-360-A1D (registry code 41504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-a1d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-360-A1A
- 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/20210724011729I

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED (EUL) CALDWELL, IDAHO IN N39998, CESSNA 170B WITH INTENTIONS TO FLY TO MCCALL IDAHO. AFTER PASSING EMMETT, IDAHO AIRPORT THE PILOT NOTICED VIBRATIONS COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THE PILOT DECIDED TO TURN AROUND KNOWING HE JUST PASSED EMMETT, IDAHO AIRPORT. AFTER PERFORMING A 180* TURN TO HEAD BACK TO THE NEAREST AIRPORT THE ENGINE STARTED VIBRATING EXCESSIVELY, A LOAD BANG CAME FROM THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ENGINE AREA AND A PORTION OF THE ENGINE COWLING DEPART THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT STILL HAD CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND FOUND A FARM FIELD TO GLIDE THE AIRCRAFT TO. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED IN A FIELD WITH NO ADDITIONAL DAMAGE. AFTER EXITING THE AIRCRAFT THE PILOT OBSERVED THE RIGHT REAR CYLINDER JUG DEPART THE ENGINE, BUT WAS STILL LAYING IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT.

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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