- Date
- September 9, 1982, 16:45 local (22:45 UTC)
- Place
- Hulett, WY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9410BCessna 175
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 9, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 71111
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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Analysis
The pilot reported that during flight the engine began to run rough. He diverted toward a nearby airstrip, but while en route, there was a "bang" and smoke began entering the cabin. At that point, he shut off the fuel, magnetos and master switch, then lost about 1000 to 1200 ft while clearing the smoke. He was committed to land downhill on the strip. During touchdown on the rough strip at about 90 mph, the nose gear failed. Subsequently, the aircraft nosed over. An investigation revealed that a connecting rod had failed. The engine had exceeded the manufacturer's recommended time-between-overhaul (tbo) by about 215 hrs. Reportedly, the engine bore evidence of a high amount of wear on most moving parts. The temperture and elevation were about 75 degrees and 3960 ft.,respectively.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9410B
- Reported as
- Cessna 175
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 55210
- Airframe hours
- 2,645
- Engine
- Continental GO-300A, 175 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Bernard Dean Bos
- Registered owner
- Bernard Dean Bos
- Departed
- BIL · Billings, MT
- Destination
- PWK · Chicago, IL
- Airport
- IPY · Private Airstrip
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
- 29
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 109 total · 105 in this make and model · 32 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 131 °F