- Date
- May 27, 1988, 15:55 local (22:55 UTC)
- Place
- Santa Rosa, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8384TCessna 175C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 21, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880527054709A
- Case key
- 26013
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.
Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf
Lubricating system,oil gasket - improperCause
Maintenance,service of aircraft/equipment - poorFactor
Lubricating system,oil cooler - rupturedFactor
Forced landing
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - rough/unevenFactor
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8384T
- Reported as
- Cessna 175C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17557084
- Airframe hours
- 3,043
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Newkirk, Horace L.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 11, 1987 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- STS · Santa Rosa, CA
- Destination
- O01
- Airport
- STS · Sonoma Co., runway 19, 4,773 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 77
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,190 total · 1,676 in this make and model · 3,190 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 16 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.