19811021088989I

Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 172C · South Plainfiel, NJ · October 21, 1981

Date
October 21, 1981 · 13:15 local
Place
South Plainfiel, NJ
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N8316X
Reported as
Cessna 172C
Reported engine
Continental O300D
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,300 total200 in this make and model60 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.

Za pilot had a power failure. Landed in a field. Carburetor ice or fuel blockage was the cause for malfunction.

As the FAA filed it

ZA PILOT HAD A POWER FAILURE. LANDED IN A FIELD. CARBURETOR ICE OR FUEL BLOCKAGE WAS THE CAUSE FOR MALFUNCTION.

Other reports on N8316X · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.