What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Crankshaft broke in flight. Pilot made emergency landing.
As the FAA filed it
CRANKSHAFT BROKE IN FLIGHT. PILOT MADE EMERGENCY LANDING.
FAA incident report · Cessna 172K · Clinton, IA · March 15, 1980
- Date
- March 15, 1980 · 13:09 local
- Place
- Clinton, IA
- Phase of flight
- Normal Cruise
- Operating rules
- General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft
- N172XP
- Reported as
- Cessna 172K
- Reported engine
- Continental TSIO360*
- Fatal injuries
- 0
- Pilot’s flight hours
- 510 total440 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.