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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 140 · Bengal, IN · August 23, 1980

Date: August 23, 1980 · 17:30 local
Place: Bengal, IN
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N72659
Reported as: Cessna 140
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 80 total55 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N72659Registered now · Cessna 140S/N 9835 · Built 1946 Airframe modelCessna 140 Engine modelContinental C85 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.

Gear on starter clutch failed, several teeth wedged between cam gear AD generator drive. Cam shaft failed.

As the FAA filed it

GEAR ON STARTER CLUTCH FAILED, SEVERAL TEETH WEDGED BETWEEN CAM GEAR AD GENERATOR DRIVE. CAM SHAFT FAILED.