# Incident 19840803046839I: Cessna 172P, Pontiac, IL, August 3, 1984

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 1984, 20:15 local time
- Place: Pontiac, IL
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8894° N, 88.6415° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pontiac, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8894&lon=-88.6415&mi=10
- Aircraft: N66964, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N66964) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYC O320D2J
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 232 total, 115 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840803046839I

## Narrative

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

LOST ENGINE POWER. LANDED LONG. RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY. FOUND A STUCK CYLINDER EXHAUST VALVE.

## Other reports on N66964 (2)

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

- [Incident 19930529017659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930529017659I), May 29, 1993: Cessna 172P (N66964), Morris, IL, Minor damage. On landing rollout aircraft struck some construction stakes driven into runway.
- [Accident 19841028061799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841028061799A), Oct 28, 1984: Cessna 172P (N66964), Chicago, IL, Substantial damage. Nose wheel shimmied violently on touch down then ruptured the nosewheel tire. Operator advised shimmy no problem.

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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