# Incident 19831228073169I: Cessna 172N, San Jose, CA, December 28, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 28, 1983, 18:00 local time
- Place: San Jose, CA
- Airport: San Jose
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- 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: N6256F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6256F-1991-01-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYC O320H2AD
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 134 total, 11 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831228073169I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE ROUGHENED AFTER A PRACTICE ACCELERATED STALL. OIL FUMES IN COCKPIT. NO CAUSE FOR SITUATION FOUND.

## Other reports on N6256F (2)

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

- [Accident 19881117050749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881117050749A), Nov 17, 1988: Cessna 172N (N6256F), Fremont, CA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Pilot reported depressed. Exhibited errational flight operations. Spiraled into hillside. Had alcohol problems.
- [Incident 19830809048999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830809048999I), Aug 9, 1983: Cessna 172 (N6256F), San Jose, CA. Rough engine on descent to landing. Found sticking valves in high time 2500 hour engine.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.