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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 182L · Gassaway, WV · February 27, 1978

Date
February 27, 1978 · 15:15 local
Place
Gassaway, WV
Airport
Meadows
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N42804
Reported as
Cessna 182L
Reported engine
Continental O470R
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,000 total4,000 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot heard loud noise from engine during flight. Power loss. Emergency declared. Uneventful landing.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT HEARD LOUD NOISE FROM ENGINE DURING FLIGHT. POWER LOSS. EMERGENCY DECLARED. UNEVENTFUL LANDING.