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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 172M · Rockport, TX · November 8, 1983

Date
November 8, 1983 · 10:37 local
Place
Rockport, TX
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N1457U
Reported as
Cessna 172M
Reported engine
Lycoming O320E2D
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
695 total635 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 vibration enroute. Landed safely on a road. Exhaust valve on no 4 cylinder had failed.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE VIBRATION ENROUTE. LANDED SAFELY ON A ROAD. EXHAUST VALVE ON NO 4 CYLINDER HAD FAILED.