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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 172 · Rawlins, WY · August 14, 1979

Date
August 14, 1979 · 18:00 local
Place
Rawlins, WY
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N79220
Reported as
Cessna 172
Reported engine
Continental O300D
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,000 total1,500 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 power failure after takeoff. Carburetor float stuck due to debris.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE POWER FAILURE AFTER TAKEOFF. CARBURETOR FLOAT STUCK DUE TO DEBRIS.