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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 172 · Troy, MI · December 10, 1978

Date: December 10, 1978 · 10:00 local
Place: Troy, MI
Airport: Big Beaver
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N734JA
Reported as: Cessna 172
Reported engine: Continental O300*
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 104 total7 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N734JARegistered now · Cessna 172NS/N 17268879 · Built 1977 Airframe modelCessna 172N Engine modelLycoming 0-320 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 lost power, then stopped. Pilot landed on road. Suspect fuel screen blockage due to ice crystals in fuel

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE LOST POWER, THEN STOPPED. PILOT LANDED ON ROAD. SUSPECT FUEL SCREEN BLOCKAGE DUE TO ICE CRYSTALS IN FUEL