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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172H · Pittsburgh, PA · February 26, 1984

Date: February 26, 1984 · 11:30 local
Place: Pittsburgh, PA
Airport: Pittsburgh Boquet
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N2470L
Reported as: Cessna 172H
Reported engine: Continental O300D
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 182 total182 in this make and model4 in the last 90 days

N2470LRegistered now · Cessna 172HS/N 17255670 · Built 1966 Airframe modelCessna 172H Engine modelContinental 0-300 seriesReciprocating

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.

Heard a sudden noise. Airplane shook. Aileron control lacking. Found aileron control rod broken.

As the FAA filed it

HEARD A SUDDEN NOISE. AIRPLANE SHOOK. AILERON CONTROL LACKING. FOUND AILERON CONTROL ROD BROKEN.