- Date
- July 18, 1987, 11:12 local (18:12 UTC)
- Place
- Jackson, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7499MCessna 175
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 29, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870718035419A
- Case key
- 25640
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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
Just after takeoff the engine began missing then quit at an altitude of aprx 200 ft AGL. The plt attempted to return and land at the airport but was unable to reach the runway. Inspection of the engine revealed that the number 5 cylinderbarrel was cracked at the base of the cylinder head.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7499M
- Reported as
- Cessna 175
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 55799
- Airframe hours
- 1,529
- Engine
- Continental GO-300-A, 175 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Richard P. Vinson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 26, 1987 · 61 hours before
- Departed
- 070 · Jackson, CA
- Destination
- 003 · San Andreas, CA
- Airport
- 070 · Westover Field
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
- 58
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 106 total · 61 in this make and model · 49 as pilot in command · 29 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SAC, 13 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.