# Incident 19810721057709I: Mooney M20C, South Bend, IN, July 21, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 21, 1981, 10:45 local time
- Place: South Bend, IN
- Airport: Michiana Reg
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6834° N, 86.2500° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of South Bend, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6834&lon=-86.2500&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7179U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7179U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20C (registry code 5870208, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20C
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 780 total, 280 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810721057709I

## Narrative

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

ZA ZG ENGINE LOST POWER, LANDED OK. FOUND PUSHROD BENT #4 CYLINDER DUE EXHAUST VALVE TIGHT IN VALVE GUIDE.

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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