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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172K · Huntington Beac, CA · June 23, 1985

Date: June 23, 1985 · 19:25 local
Place: Huntington Beac, CA
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N78346
Reported as: Cessna 172K
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 224 total206 in this make and model59 in the last 90 days

N78346Registration cancelled Dec 21, 2018 · Cessna 172KS/N 17257577 · Built 1968 Airframe modelCessna 172K Engine modelLycoming 0-320 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.

Electrical failure followed by engine failure. Landed in vacant lot. Air filter oil soaked. Electrical undetermined

As the FAA filed it

ELECTRICAL FAILURE FOLLOWED BY ENGINE FAILURE. LANDED IN VACANT LOT. AIR FILTER OIL SOAKED. ELECTRICAL UNDETERMINED