# Incident 19780219007589I: Cessna 172, Houston, TX, February 19, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 19, 1978, 10:51 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N738HE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N738HE-2006-08-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Reported engine: LYC O320H2AD
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 200 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780219007589I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT LOST OIL PRESSURE, TEMPERATURE HIGH, THEN ENGINE SIEZED. SUSPECT OIL PUMP FAILURE, MANUFACTURER REPLACED.

## Other reports on N738HE (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20060528009599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060528009599A), May 28, 2006: Cessna 172N (N738HE), West Tisbury, MA, Destroyed. (-23) PIC requested fuel to be filled to 2 inches below filler neck for weight and balance purposes. Flight between old town, Maine and martha's vineyard,…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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