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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 120 · Spring Grove, IL · July 24, 1984

Date: July 24, 1984 · 15:15 local
Place: Spring Grove, IL
Phase of flight: Climb
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N2830N
Reported as: Cessna 120
Reported engine: Continental C9012F
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 11,000 total150 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N2830NRegistered now · Cessna 120S/N 13091 · Built 1947 Airframe modelCessna 120 Engine modelContinental C90 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.

Engine began to run rough at climb power. Unable to sustain flight. Landed in a field. Probable carburetor icing.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH AT CLIMB POWER. UNABLE TO SUSTAIN FLIGHT. LANDED IN A FIELD. PROBABLE CARBURETOR ICING.