- Date
- June 17, 1989, 12:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Bagdad, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9729VCessna 175K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 29, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890617016039A
- Case key
- 26427
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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Probable cause
Total loss of engine power due to undetermined reasons.
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 said the airplane was 1,000 to 1,200 feet AGL when the engine lost all power. He said he made a forced landing onto what appeared to be a flat mesa. At touchdown he found it was covered with rocks and boulders. After the accident, it was not possible to run the engine due to impact damage. An FAA aviation safety inspector examined the engine and associated fuel system and was unable to determine why the engine had suffered a loss of power.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9729V
- Reported as
- Cessna 175K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1722349
- Airframe hours
- 1,274
- Engine
- Continental IO-360-K, 195 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Thomas Larkins
- Registered owner
- Thomas B & Gail L Larkins
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 5, 1989 · 3 hours before
- Departed
- IGM · Kingman, AZ
- Destination
- GEW · Gledale, AZ
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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 151 total · 133 in this make and model · 107 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 70 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 93 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.