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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mclish B85C · Alma, MI · June 18, 1978

Date: June 18, 1978 · 20:25 local
Place: Alma, MI
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N81180
Reported as: Mclish B85C
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,000 total200 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N81180Registered now · Mcclish FUNK B85CS/N 310 · Built 1946 Airframe modelMcclish FUNK B85C Engine modelContinental C85 seriesReciprocating

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.

Engine quit without warning, probably due to too rich a mixture.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT WITHOUT WARNING, PROBABLY DUE TO TOO RICH A MIXTURE.