# Incident 19831007066379I: Cessna 172K, Fayetteville, WV, October 7, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 7, 1983, 14:30 local time
- Place: Fayetteville, WV
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.0641° N, 81.1087° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fayetteville, WV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0641&lon=-81.1087&mi=10
- Aircraft: N46547 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172K
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 18,000 total, 8,000 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831007066379I

## Narrative

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

ROUGH ENGINE AND POWER LOSS. LANDED OFF AIRPORT. FOUND AN EXHAUST VALVE IN #4 CYLINDER STUCK OPEN.

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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