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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 172E · Livermore, CA · April 15, 1981

Date
April 15, 1981 · 17:42 local
Place
Livermore, CA
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N5479T
Reported as
Cessna 172E
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
22 total22 in this make and model22 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.

Engine quit during descent. Pilot unable to restart. Pilot glided to within two miles of airport. No problems found

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT DURING DESCENT. PILOT UNABLE TO RESTART. PILOT GLIDED TO WITHIN TWO MILES OF AIRPORT. NO PROBLEMS FOUND