- Date
- January 19, 1992, 10:12 local (15:12 UTC)
- Place
- Warren, MI
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8293TCessna 175
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 6, 1998
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920119000809A
- Case key
- 15381
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Probable cause
A loss of engine power as a result of a connecting rod failure. Factors related to the accident were the power lines and trees in the path of the selected emergency landing site.
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 stated he noticed the oil temperature was a little above normal so he had landed and removed the winterization kit on the airplane. Shortly after resumption of the flight, the engine began to lose power, and smoke developed. He shut down the engine and requested vectors to the nearest airport. Unable to reach the airport, a forced landing was attempted to a residential street. The airplane contacted a powerline and tree and came to rest in the front yard of a residence. Postaccident inspection revealed a broken connecting rod on the #3 journal and a hole in the crankcase.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8293T
- Reported as
- Cessna 175
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17556993
- Engine
- Continental GO-300-D, 175 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Nolen, Donald G
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 8, 1991
- Departed
- 7D2 · Troy, MI
- Destination
- BED · Bradford, PA
- Flight plan
- IFR
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
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 646 total · 12 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,600 ft overcast
- Observed at
- DET, 6 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.