ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 363230
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Date: | Tuesday 28 July 1992 |
Time: | 11:30 LT |
Type: | Cessna 175 |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | N9304B |
MSN: | 55-104 |
Year of manufacture: | 1958 |
Total airframe hrs: | 3378 hours |
Engine model: | LYCOMING O-360-A1D |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Wasilla, AK -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Anchorage, AK (MRI) |
Destination airport: | Anchorage, AK (MRI) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE PILOT STATED THAT WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT HE HEARD 3 LOUD BANGS FROM THE ENGINE, THEN IT SEIZED. DISASSEMBLY OF THE ENGINE FOUND THE SLUDGE PLUG DISLODGED, AND THE CRANKSHAFT BROKEN AT THE NO. 3 ROD JOURNAL.
Probable Cause: FAILURE OF THE ENGINE CRANKSHAFT DUE TO AN OIL PASSAGE HOLE BEING BLOCKED. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE UNSUITABLE TERRAIN.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | ANC92LA113 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 10 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB ANC92LA113
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