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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna R172K · Pekin, IL · July 17, 1978

Date
July 17, 1978 · 18:00 local
Place
Pekin, IL
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N1246V
Reported as
Cessna R172K
Reported engine
Continental IO360K
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,125 total30 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.

Engine ran rough then quit due to broken crankshaft. Cause of failure not determined

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE RAN ROUGH THEN QUIT DUE TO BROKEN CRANKSHAFT. CAUSE OF FAILURE NOT DETERMINED