# Incident 19851020066539I: Cessna 172E, Augusta, ME, October 20, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 20, 1985, 08:55 local time
- Place: Augusta, ME
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.3106° N, 69.7795° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Augusta, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3106&lon=-69.7795&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5742T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5742T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172E (registry code 2072412, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172E
- Reported engine: CONT O300D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,970 total, 80 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851020066539I

## Narrative

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

LANDED IN FIELD AFTER ENGINE RAN ROUGH AND WAS SHUT DOWN. CONNECTING ROD FAILED.

## Other reports on N5742T (2)

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

- [Incident 20130505008809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130505008809I), May 5, 2013: Cessna 172E (N5742T), West Lebanon, NH, Minor damage. Aircraft propeller struck the runway during touch and go landings. Pilot stopped and taxied into FBO.minor damage to aircraft.
- [Accident 19821025067022A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821025067022A), Oct 25, 1982: Cessna 172E (N5742T), Augusta, ME, Minor damage. Was struck by an inbound J3, N25973, while stopped on the taxiway to await passage of the J3 prior to taxi to rwy

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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