- Date
- March 29, 1984, 12:55 local (19:55 UTC)
- Place
- Ogden, UT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7270MCessna 175
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840329007649A
- Case key
- 16352
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
After takeoff, the eng began to smoke & lose power. During a forced landing in a muddy plowed field, the acft nosed over. A compression check was accomplished & the #5 cylinder was found to have zero compression. The cylinder was removed & found to be cracked 2/3 of the way around its circumference, 2-1/2 inches from the mounting base.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7270M
- Reported as
- Cessna 175
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 55570
- Airframe hours
- 1,980
- Engine
- Continental GO-300-A, 175 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Roger Bolton
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 6, 1984 · 232 hours before
- Departed
- SLC · Salt Lake City, UT
- Destination
- TWF · Twin Falls, ID
- Flight plan
- VFR
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 223 total · 90 in this make and model · 156 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N7270M · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.