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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna R172K · Farmingdale, NY · March 7, 1980

Date
March 7, 1980 · 14:30 local
Place
Farmingdale, NY
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N4695K
Reported as
Cessna R172K
Reported engine
Continental IO360K
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
240 total160 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.

Precautionary landing due to smoke in cockpit. Missing rocker box cover allowed oil to drip on exhaust system.

As the FAA filed it

PRECAUTIONARY LANDING DUE TO SMOKE IN COCKPIT. MISSING ROCKER BOX COVER ALLOWED OIL TO DRIP ON EXHAUST SYSTEM.

Other reports on N4695K · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.