19851206065359I

Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 172N · Liberty, ME · December 6, 1985

Date
December 6, 1985 · 13:00 local
Place
Liberty, ME
Airport
Mitchells
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N737XM
Reported as
Cessna 172N
Reported engine
Lycoming O320H2AD
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,400 total2,500 in this make and model175 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.

Power loss during round robin flight. Landed on private airport without damage. Exhaust valve broke NR3 cylinder.

As the FAA filed it

POWER LOSS DURING ROUND ROBIN FLIGHT. LANDED ON PRIVATE AIRPORT WITHOUT DAMAGE. EXHAUST VALVE BROKE NR3 CYLINDER.