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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 150 · Wittman, AZ · August 3, 1980

Date: August 3, 1980 · 12:30 local
Place: Wittman, AZ
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N21975
Reported as: Cessna 150
Reported engine: Continental O200A
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 4,000 total600 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N21975Registered now · Cessna 150LS/N 15074582 · Built 1973 Airframe modelCessna 150L Engine modelContinental 0-200 seriesReciprocating

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 began to sputter, RPM decreased. Pilot made emergency landing. Intake valve failed, rocker arm bosses broken

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE BEGAN TO SPUTTER, RPM DECREASED. PILOT MADE EMERGENCY LANDING. INTAKE VALVE FAILED, ROCKER ARM BOSSES BROKEN