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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 320E · Twentynine Palm, CA · February 2, 1986

Date
February 2, 1986 · 13:45 local
Place
Twentynine Palm, CA
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N3446Q
Reported as
Cessna 320E
Reported engine
Continental TSIO520B
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,000 total1,000 in this make and model

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.

Landed in desert after engine failed. Unable to feather propeller, oil on cowling. Cylinder head separated.

As the FAA filed it

LANDED IN DESERT AFTER ENGINE FAILED. UNABLE TO FEATHER PROPELLER, OIL ON COWLING. CYLINDER HEAD SEPARATED.