- Date
- June 24, 1987, 09:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Oshkosh, WI
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7006MCessna 175C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 8, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870624026439A
- Case key
- 13785
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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.
Loss of engine power
Reason for occurrence undeterminedCause
Forced landing
Ditching
Analysis
During cruise flight near Oshkosh the engine quit for undetermined reasons. The pilot contacted wittman field and was cleared by air traffic personnel to land on runway 27. Attempts to restart the engine were not successful and the pilot ditched the aircraft into the lake four miles east of the airport.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7006M
- Reported as
- Cessna 175C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 55306
- Airframe hours
- 1,514
- Engine
- Continental GO-300-A, 175 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Vincent J. Foscato
- Registered owner
- Vincent J. Foscato
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 13, 1987 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- C31 · Hartford, WI
- Destination
- Y55 · Crandon, WI
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 60
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,130 total · 85 in this make and model · 1,060 as pilot in command · 29 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OSH, 4 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.