# NTSB CHI88DEX07: Cessna 175A, N8059T, Bloomington, IN, July 8, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Final report
- Date: July 8, 1988, 12:09 local (17:09 UTC)
- Place: Bloomington, IN
- Coordinates: 39.160793, -86.519805 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1608&lon=-86.5198&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 11, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13915
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI88DEX07
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13915/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI88DEX07

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(partial) - mech failure/malf, takeoff - initial climb
  - engine assembly,valve,exhaust - failure,total (cause)
  - maintenance,major repair - poor, other maintenance personnel (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- In flight collision with object, descent - emergency
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED PARTIAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER AT 150 FEET AGL AFTER TAKEOFF. PILOT MADE 180 DEGREE TURN IN ATTEMPT TO RETURN TO AIRPORT, BUT EXPERIENCED FURTHER POWER LOSS AND ELECTED TO MAKE EMERGENCY LANDING IN FIELD. RIGHT WINGTIP HIT TREE, AND AIRCRAFT MADE HARD LANDING. INVESTIGATION REVEALED FAILURE OF THE NUMBER TWO EXHAUST VALVE. THE NUMBER TWO CYLINDER ASSEMBLY HAD BEEN REPLACED WITH A REBUILT CYLINDER ASSEMBLY FIVE WEEKS PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT, AND HAD ACCUMULATED SEVEN HOURS OPERATIONAL TIME.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8059T](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8059T-1991-09-03), registration cancelled 1991-09-03, S/N 56759 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 175A
- Registry model: [Cessna 175A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-175a) (registry code 2072504) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 56759
- Airframe hours: 2689
- Engines: CONTINENTAL GO-300-B 175 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Stephen R. Fribley
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, February 18, 1988, 19 hours before
- Destination: I21, BROOKSIDE, IN
- Airport: BMG, Bloomington Monroe County, runway 35, 5,201 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 34; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 977 total, 178 in this make and model, 756 as pilot in command, 112 in the last 90 days, 73 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 30° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 3 statute miles
- Temperature: 97 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: BMG, 314 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880708026119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880708026119A), Jul 8, 1988: Cessna 175A, Bloomington, IN, Substantial damage. Lost engine on climbout. Clipped a tree and impacted with partial control. Cylinder cracked after swallowing valve.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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