# Incident 19841012068529I: Cessna 172P, Birchwood, AK, October 12, 1984

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 12, 1984, 22:00 local time
- Place: Birchwood, AK
- Airport: Birchwood
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.4161° N, 149.5083° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BIRCHWOOD (BCV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.4161&lon=-149.5083&mi=10
- Aircraft: N54955, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N54955) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYC O320D2J
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 300 in this make and model, 400 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841012068529I

## Narrative

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

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

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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