- Date
- August 20, 1989, 20:25 local (Aug 21, 1989, 04:25 UTC)
- Place
- Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6929ECessna 175
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 23, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19890820033729A
- Case key
- 5244
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
Failure of the accessory drive (crankshaft) dowel pin and/or gear bolt, which resulted in the accessory drivegear becoming disconnected from the crankshaft.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf
Accessory drive assy,drive gear - disconnectedCause
Forced landing
On ground/water collision with object
Object - tree(s)Factor
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6929E
- Reported as
- Cessna 175
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 56429
- Airframe hours
- 1,952
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Devincenzi, Roy A.
- Registered owner
- Devincenzi, Roy A.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 1989 · 16 hours before
- Departed
- SXQ · Soldotna, AK
- Destination
- MRI · Anchorage, AK
- Airport
- NONE
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 56
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 450 total · 300 in this make and model · 400 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.