# Incident 19830114002369I: Cessna 172RG, Las Vegaas, NV, January 14, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 14, 1983, 09:10 local time
- Place: Las Vegaas, NV
- Airport: Mccarran International
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Aircraft: N9427B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9427B-2010-01-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172RG (registry code 2072438, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172RG
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,600 total, 50 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830114002369I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE BLEW ON CLIMB TO CRUISE. LANDED ON HIGHWAY. FOUND CONNECTING ROD PROTRUDING THROUGH TOP OF ENGINE CASE.

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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