33.7378° N, 115.3666° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Desert Center, CA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
April 3, 1983 · 12:30 local
Place
Desert Center, CA
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N90300
Reported as
Univac GC1B
Reported engine
Continental C1252
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
625 total600 in this make and model15 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.
Engine shut down due to roughness. Emergency landing. Loss of oil pressure caused #6 connecting rod bearing to fail
As the FAA filed it
ENGINE SHUT DOWN DUE TO ROUGHNESS. EMERGENCY LANDING. LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE CAUSED #6 CONNECTING ROD BEARING TO FAIL