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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172 · Shingle Springs, CA · June 5, 1979

Date
June 5, 1979 · 20:45 local
Place
Shingle Springs, CA
Airport
Cameron
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5902A
Reported as
Cessna 172
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
290 total100 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.

Pilot attempted takeoff with faulty engine, landed in street, damaged speed limit sign during taxi back to field

As the FAA filed it

PILOT ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF WITH FAULTY ENGINE, LANDED IN STREET, DAMAGED SPEED LIMIT SIGN DURING TAXI BACK TO FIELD