# Incident 19801029089729I: Cessna 172K, Neillsville, WI, October 29, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 29, 1980, 17:31 local time
- Place: Neillsville, WI
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.5603° N, 90.5916° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Neillsville, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.5603&lon=-90.5916&mi=10
- Aircraft: N736CE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N736CE-2012-08-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R172K (registry code 2072431, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r172k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172K
- Reported engine: CONT IO360K
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 200 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/19801029089729I

## Narrative

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

ZA ZG ENGINE LOST POWER, THEN STOPPED. ENGINE RUINED. OIL DIP STICK INDICATED ZERO.

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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