# Incident 20250416007149I: Cessna 170B, April 16, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 16, 2025, 10:24 local time
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N243BD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N243BD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170B (registry code 2072306, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Franklin 6A-350SER (registry code 27023, https://openairdocs.org/engine/franklin-6a-350ser) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- Reported engine: FRANKLIN 6A-350SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250416007149I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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