# Incident 19840106022149I: Cessna 172G, Mesa, AZ, January 6, 1984

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 6, 1984, 15:45 local time
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4223° N, 111.8226° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mesa, AZ, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4223&lon=-111.8226&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4264L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4264L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172G (registry code 2072420, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172G
- Reported engine: CONT O300C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 300 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840106022149I

## Narrative

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

OIL COMING OUT OF ENGINE COMPARTMENT. FOUND PUSH ROD HOUSINGS AT NO. 3 CYLINDER LEAKING BADLY. MADE HIGHWAY LANDING

## Other reports on N4264L (1)

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

- [Accident 19780216003469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780216003469A), Feb 16, 1978: Cessna 172G (N4264L), Taylor, AZ, Destroyed. Wnd gusting 20K.

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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