43.9226° N, 123.0140° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Creswell, OR, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
June 1, 1978 · 09:32 local
Place
Creswell, OR
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N78292
Reported as
Univac GC1B
Reported engine
Continental C1252
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
850 total225 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 made forced landing in field when the engine quit. The mixture control had become disconnected.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT MADE FORCED LANDING IN FIELD WHEN THE ENGINE QUIT. THE MIXTURE CONTROL HAD BECOME DISCONNECTED.