- Date
- January 31, 1987, 12:20 local (18:20 UTC)
- Place
- Jacksonville, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N175RFCessna 175
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 21, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870131001889A
- Case key
- 22323
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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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 that he had added oil to the engine prior to his departure on a sight seeing flight, but on scene investigation revealed that the engine froze from oil starvation. No evidence of leakage was found. The aircraft had been owner-maintained for several years.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N175RF
- Reported as
- Cessna 175
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 56203
- Engine
- Continental 300-A, 175 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Harry R. Bush
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 050 · Jacksonville, TX
- Airport
- JSO · Jacksonville
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
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 220 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 15,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TYR, 25 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.