# Incident 19800609054709I: Cessna 172N, Fargo, ND, June 9, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 9, 1980, 15:50 local time
- Place: Fargo, ND
- Airport: Hector
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.9206° N, 96.8157° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HECTOR INTL (FAR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.9206&lon=-96.8157&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1725F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1725F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172H (registry code 2072424, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 101 total, 51 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/19800609054709I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Accident 19870323007309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870323007309A), Mar 23, 1987: Cessna STC172 (N1725F), Larimore, ND, Substantial damage. Practicing touch and go landings PIC allowed plane to veer to the right side of the runway and acft nosed over.

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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