- Date
- July 7, 1988, 19:47 local (23:47 UTC)
- Place
- Ninety Six, SC
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6509ECessna 175
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 7, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880707025789A
- Case key
- 7615
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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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.
Analysis
The pilot was cruising the airplane at 2,000 feet AGL when he noted a loss of oil pressure and increase in oil temperature. He also noted a loss in engine power. He elected to make a landing off airport and set up a pattern for the selected field. The airplane collided with trees and the ground during the landing approach. There were open and longer fields available adjacent to the selected field. The #1 piston was burned through and #5 piston showed overheat. The plt indicated he used 3100 RPM in cruise. The owner manual recommends 2400-2900 RPM at sea level and 2400-3050 RPM at 5000 ft. the ignition lead for a #1 cylinder spark plug did not have the proper connector.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6509E
- Reported as
- Cessna 175
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 56009
- Airframe hours
- 892
- Engine
- Continental GO-300-A, 175 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Tompkins, Alvin A.
- Registered owner
- Alvin A Tompkins
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 16, 1987 · 75 hours before
- Departed
- 49J · Hilton Head, SC
- Destination
- GMU · Greenville, SC
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
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 213 total · 74 in this make and model · 182 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AND, 41 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.