# NTSB FTW83LA183: Cessna 175, Cresson, TX, April 10, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 10, 1983, 15:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place: Cresson, TX
- Coordinates: 32.529266, -97.649635 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5293&lon=-97.6496&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 20859
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW83LA183
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/20859/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83LA183

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power, cruise - normal
  - engine assembly,mount - failure,total (cause)
  - engine assembly,mount - corroded (contributing factor)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
  - inadequate training, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - excessive, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A DITCH DURING A FORCED LANDING AFTER THE ENGINE FAILED IN FLT. AFTER TAKEOFF, AT 3500 FT, THE ENGINE BEGAN MAKING NOISES. THE PLT BEGAN A DESCENT TOWARD THE ARPT A SHORT DISTANCE AWAY. THE ENGINE MAINTAINED SOME POWER BUT FAILED COMPLETELY BEFORE LANDING. DURING THE LANDING THE PLT ALLOWED THE AIRSPEED TO REACH 100 KTS AS HE LINED UP FOR AN APPROACH TO RWY 32. THE WIND WAS REPORTED TO BE FROM 200 DEGREES AT 15 KTS. THE AIRSPEED WAS EXCESSIVE AND THE ACFT WOULD NOT STAY ON THE GROUND DURING THE LANDING ROLL. WHEN HE THOUGHT HE WAS 'RUNNING OUT OF RWY' HE TURNED TOWARD AN ADJOINING FIELD, FLEW OVER SOME OBSTRUCTIONS BEFORE HITTING A DITCH AND NOSING OVER. INVESTIGATION REVEALED AN ENGINE MOUNT BROKEN. THE SHIFTING OF THE ENGINE RESULTED IN A SHUTDOWN WHEN THE MIXTURE CONTROL HIT AN ENGINE MOUNT CROSSBAR.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N753OM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 175
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 55830
- Engines: CONTINENTAL GO-3OO-A 175 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Billy R. Morrow
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, July 9, 1982, 49 hours before
- Departed: FI8, CLEBURNE, TX
- Airport: SOF, Bourland, runway 32, 3,300 × 80 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 49; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 152 total, 65 in this make and model, 100 as pilot in command

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 200° at 15 knots, gusting 18
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 82 °F

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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