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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 172N · Gainesville, FL · January 28, 1980

Date
January 28, 1980 · 14:00 local
Place
Gainesville, FL
Airport
Alachua Co
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N1601E
Reported as
Cessna 172N
Reported engine
Lycoming O320E2D
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
410 total0 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 quit shortly after takeoff. Successful emergency landing off airport. Magneto came off in flight.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF. SUCCESSFUL EMERGENCY LANDING OFF AIRPORT. MAGNETO CAME OFF IN FLIGHT.