# Incident 19790922051059I: Cessna R172K, Coos Bay, OR, September 22, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 22, 1979, 17:00 local time
- Place: Coos Bay, OR
- Airport: North Bend
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.3811° N, 124.2326° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Coos Bay, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.3811&lon=-124.2326&mi=10
- Aircraft: N736NE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N736NE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R172K (registry code 2072431, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r172k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R172K
- Reported engine: CONT O300D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,500 total, 500 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/19790922051059I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE STARTED VIBRATION DURING APPROACH, PILOT KEPT IT ON TO MAKE THE AIRPORT. CONNECTING ROD HAD BROKEN LOOSE.

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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