# Incident 19861005062019I: Cessna 182G, Fire Island, NY, October 5, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 5, 1986, 10:05 local time
- Place: Fire Island, NY
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6366° N, 73.2049° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fire Island, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6366&lon=-73.2049&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3716U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3716U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182G (registry code 2072716, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182G
- Reported engine: CONT O470R
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 550 total, 125 in this make and model, 87 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861005062019I

## Narrative

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

RPM BECAME ERRATIC AND SHOWED PROPELLER OVERSPEED. LANDED IN A PARKING LOT. TACHOMETER CABLE HAD BROKEN.

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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