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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 140 · Whittier, CA · May 1, 1983

Date
May 1, 1983 · 13:50 local
Place
Whittier, CA
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N89947
Reported as
Cessna 140
Reported engine
Continental C85*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
700 total55 in this make and model20 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 quit on power reduction after climbout. Landed safe in a school yard. Carburetor icing.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT ON POWER REDUCTION AFTER CLIMBOUT. LANDED SAFE IN A SCHOOL YARD. CARBURETOR ICING.