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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 172P · Birchwood, AK · October 12, 1984

Date
October 12, 1984 · 22:00 local
Place
Birchwood, AK
Airport
Birchwood
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N54955
Reported as
Cessna 172P
Reported engine
Lycoming O320D2J
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
800 total300 in this make and model400 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.

Engine started to run rough. Found 4 throttle body to bowl screws loose allowing air leak.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE STARTED TO RUN ROUGH. FOUND 4 THROTTLE BODY TO BOWL SCREWS LOOSE ALLOWING AIR LEAK.