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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna A185E · Copiague, NY · June 22, 1979

Date: June 22, 1979 · 20:00 local
Place: Copiague, NY
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N2724J
Reported as: Cessna A185E
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,200 total625 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N2724JRegistered now · Cessna A185ES/N 185-1474 Airframe modelCessna A185E Engine modelContinental IO-520 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.

Pilot shut engine down after explosive sound. Exhaust section missing, hole burned in the cowling

As the FAA filed it

PILOT SHUT ENGINE DOWN AFTER EXPLOSIVE SOUND. EXHAUST SECTION MISSING, HOLE BURNED IN THE COWLING