# Incident 19820108005199I: Cessna R172E, Gardner, MA, January 8, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 8, 1982, 19:36 local time
- Place: Gardner, MA
- Airport: Gardner
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5499° N, 72.0160° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GARDNER MUNI (GDM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5499&lon=-72.0160&mi=10
- Aircraft: N48343 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R172E
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 182 total, 32 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820108005199I

## Narrative

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

ZA ZG ZT ENGINE BREATHER TUBE FROZEN, CAUSING FRONT CRANKCASE SEAL #77377 FAILURE AND COMPLETE LOSS OF ENGINE OIL.

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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