# Incident 19811021081889I: Cessna 172K, Wellfleet, MA, October 21, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 21, 1981, 17:30 local time
- Place: Wellfleet, MA
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9376° N, 70.0328° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wellfleet, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9376&lon=-70.0328&mi=10
- Aircraft: N736UK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N736UK) (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: 1,100 total, 100 in this make and model, 160 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811021081889I

## Narrative

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

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

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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