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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 172K · Wellfleet, MA · October 21, 1981

Date
October 21, 1981 · 17:30 local
Place
Wellfleet, MA
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N736UK
Reported as
Cessna 172K
Reported engine
Continental IO360K
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,100 total100 in this make and model160 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 seized. Safe landing on an island beach. Oil pump drive gear shaft sheared. Jammed accessory drive gears.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE SEIZED. SAFE LANDING ON AN ISLAND BEACH. OIL PUMP DRIVE GEAR SHAFT SHEARED. JAMMED ACCESSORY DRIVE GEARS.