# Incident 19780723038859I: Cessna 172M, Ballston Spa, NY, July 23, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 23, 1978, 20:30 local time
- Place: Ballston Spa, NY
- Airport: Schenectady Co
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.8527° N, 73.9296° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SCHENECTADY COUNTY (SCH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8527&lon=-73.9296&mi=10
- Aircraft: N46085, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N46085) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 1,500 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/19780723038859I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE ROUGH ON FINAL APPROACH. PILOT REDUCED POWER AND LANDED. AN EXHAUST VALVE HAD BROKEN.

## Other reports on N46085 (1)

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

- [Accident 20011020028869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011020028869A), Oct 20, 2001: Cessna 172M (N46085), Goldsboro, NC, Substantial damage. (-23) Student conducting touch and go landings at home field (gww). On fourth landing, pilot reported mild nosewheel shimmy. He raised the nose briefly and set…

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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