- Date
- April 3, 1983, 11:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Tuscaloosa, AL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7588MCessna 175
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830403013079A
- Case key
- 6040
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The aircraft landed off the runway in soft terrain during a forced landing and nosed down. According to the pilot the engine began to run rough at 400 AGL on takeoff. He turned back toward the field and the engine quit. The pilot could not complete the turn to line up with the runway so he landed beside the runway and nosed down in the mud. Inspection showed water in the carburetor sump. The fuel filler caps and seals were found to be leaking. The aircraft had been parked outside in the rain several days prior to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7588M
- Reported as
- Cessna 175
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2072502
- Airframe hours
- 2,039
- Engine
- Continental GO-300, 175 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Orville Ernest Parker,Jr
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 6, 1982 · 13 hours before
- Destination
- M26 · Red Bay, AL
- Airport
- TCL · Tuscaloosa
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 426 total · 415 in this make and model · 334 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 39 °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.