# Incident 19830307012229I: Cessna 172K, San Jose, CA, March 7, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 7, 1983, 10:46 local time
- Place: San Jose, CA
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3394° N, 121.8950° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Jose, CA, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3394&lon=-121.8950&mi=10
- Aircraft: N46612, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N46612) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172K (registry code 2072430, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172K
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,500 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 216 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830307012229I

## Narrative

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

ROUGH ENGINE CAUSED PILOT TO LAND IN A FIELD. FOUND BOLTS ON CONNECTING ROD BROKEN OFF.

## Other reports on N46612 (2)

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

- [Incident 19880807059199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880807059199I), Aug 7, 1988: Cessna 172K (N46612), San Jose, CA. Did not turn off runway onto taxiway as directed by ATC.was on runway when other plane landed. Said brakes were bad
- [Accident 19770424009709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770424009709A), Apr 24, 1977: Cessna 172K (N46612), Mammoth Lakes, CA, Substantial damage. Wind gusts to 25KTS.

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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