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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 120 · Huntington Beac, CA · August 21, 1979

Date
August 21, 1979 · 09:54 local
Place
Huntington Beac, CA
Airport
Meadowlark
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N89635
Reported as
Cessna 120
Reported engine
Continental C8512
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
910 total60 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 in flight. Restarted and 250 mag drop shown on both. FOD to clinder.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE LOST POWER IN FLIGHT. RESTARTED AND 250 MAG DROP SHOWN ON BOTH. FOD TO CLINDER.