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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 172N · Fargo, ND · June 9, 1980

Date
June 9, 1980 · 15:50 local
Place
Fargo, ND
Airport
Hector
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N1725F
Reported as
Cessna 172N
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
101 total51 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.

Paper towel material drawn into carburetor through carburetor heat box. Caused over-rich mixture, engine quit.

As the FAA filed it

PAPER TOWEL MATERIAL DRAWN INTO CARBURETOR THROUGH CARBURETOR HEAT BOX. CAUSED OVER-RICH MIXTURE, ENGINE QUIT.

Other reports on N1725F · 1

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