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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 172G · Laytonsville, MD · August 30, 1984

Date
August 30, 1984 · 19:00 local
Place
Laytonsville, MD
Airport
Davis
Phase of flight
Forced Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N3729L
Reported as
Cessna 172G
Reported engine
Continental O300D
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,500 total300 in this make and model110 in the last 90 days

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.

Low on final, engine failed to respond. Landed short. Residue from bird nest removed prior had clogged the intake.

As the FAA filed it

LOW ON FINAL, ENGINE FAILED TO RESPOND. LANDED SHORT. RESIDUE FROM BIRD NEST REMOVED PRIOR HAD CLOGGED THE INTAKE.