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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 172M · Walford, IA · October 17, 1986

Date
October 17, 1986 · 13:58 local
Place
Walford, IA
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N5397R
Reported as
Cessna 172M
Reported engine
Lycoming O320E2D
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
106 total45 in this make and model48 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.

Loss of RPM and finally engine seizure. Landed safely. Found disintegration of the oil pump gear.

As the FAA filed it

LOSS OF RPM AND FINALLY ENGINE SEIZURE. LANDED SAFELY. FOUND DISINTEGRATION OF THE OIL PUMP GEAR.