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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 172M · Perry, IA · January 27, 1982

Date
January 27, 1982 · 11:30 local
Place
Perry, IA
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N80963
Reported as
Cessna 172M
Reported engine
Lycoming O320E2D
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,800 total800 in this make and model8 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.

Lost power on descent. Unable to restore power. Landed off airport. Mixture control wire broke in idle cutoff.

As the FAA filed it

LOST POWER ON DESCENT. UNABLE TO RESTORE POWER. LANDED OFF AIRPORT. MIXTURE CONTROL WIRE BROKE IN IDLE CUTOFF.