# Incident 19820221006039I: Cessna 172, Austin, TX, February 21, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 21, 1982, 18:35 local time
- Place: Austin, TX
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.2672° N, 97.7431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Austin, TX, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2672&lon=-97.7431&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2893Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2893Q-2019-10-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172L (registry code 2072432, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Reported engine: LYC O320C2A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 60 total, 60 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820221006039I

## Narrative

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

ZA ZG ENGINE RAN ROUGH AND SHOOK. PILOT REDUCED POWER, UNABLE TO REACH AIRPORT. #3 EXHAUST VALVE FAILED.

## Other reports on N2893Q (1)

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

- [Accident 20180816014319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180816014319A), Aug 16, 2018: Cessna 172L (N2893Q), Rhome, TX, Destroyed, 1 fatal. On August 16, 2018, about 1935 central daylight time, a Cessna 172 airplane, N2893Q, impacted trees and terrain shortly after departure from Rhome meadows…

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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