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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172A · Melbourne, FL · September 2, 1978

Date: September 2, 1978 · 07:45 local
Place: Melbourne, FL
Airport: Kennedy Regional
Phase of flight: Climb
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N7587T
Reported as: Cessna 172A
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,600 total60 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N7587TRegistered now · Cessna 172AS/N 47187 · Built 1959 Airframe modelCessna 172A Engine modelContinental 0-300 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.

Forced landing was hard. Nose gear damaged. Engine had lost power due to loose air filter jamming carburetor.

As the FAA filed it

FORCED LANDING WAS HARD. NOSE GEAR DAMAGED. ENGINE HAD LOST POWER DUE TO LOOSE AIR FILTER JAMMING CARBURETOR.