# Incident 19790821033129I: Cessna 120, Huntington Beac, CA, August 21, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 21, 1979, 09:54 local time
- Place: Huntington Beac, CA
- Airport: Meadowlark
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6980° N, 118.0038° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Huntington Beach, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6980&lon=-118.0038&mi=10
- Aircraft: N89635, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N89635) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 120 (registry code 2071402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-120) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 120
- Reported engine: CONT C8512
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 910 total, 60 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790821033129I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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