45.1795° N, 93.8640° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Buffalo, MN, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
June 25, 1979 · 10:30 local
Place
Buffalo, MN
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N95640
Reported as
Cessna 182Q
Reported engine
Continental O470U
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
250 total10 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.
Engine lost power, then stopped. Oil screen full of metal, cause of failure not yet known.
As the FAA filed it
ENGINE LOST POWER, THEN STOPPED. OIL SCREEN FULL OF METAL, CAUSE OF FAILURE NOT YET KNOWN.