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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 170B · April 16, 2025

Date
April 16, 2025 · 10:24 local
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N243BD
Reported as
Cessna 170B
Reported engine
Franklin 6A-350SER
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0

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.

The aircraft departed rts at 1010 going to O05. At 1019, while flying over highway 70, the pilot heard a loud bang and immediately lost all engine power. Pilot identified a dirt road below the aircraft to try and land on. The pilot contacted ATC and declared an emergency. The aircraft was approximately 3,000 feet AGL and was able to fly a normal pattern over scott road and land. No damage was done to the aircraft and no there were no injuries. The engine crank shaft possibly had a catastrophic failure leading to the complete loss of engine power. This report will be amended as more information becomes available.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RTS AT 1010 GOING TO O05. AT 1019, WHILE FLYING OVER HIGHWAY 70, THE PILOT HEARD A LOUD BANG AND IMMEDIATELY LOST ALL ENGINE POWER. PILOT IDENTIFIED A DIRT ROAD BELOW THE AIRCRAFT TO TRY AND LAND ON. THE PILOT CONTACTED ATC AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS APPROXIMATELY 3,000 FEET AGL AND WAS ABLE TO FLY A NORMAL PATTERN OVER SCOTT ROAD AND LAND. NO DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND NO THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE ENGINE CRANK SHAFT POSSIBLY HAD A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE LEADING TO THE COMPLETE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. THIS REPORT WILL BE AMENDED AS MORE INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.