# Incident 19870105000159I: Cessna R172K, Reading, MI, January 5, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 5, 1987, 14:00 local time
- Place: Reading, MI
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.8396° N, 84.7478° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Reading, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8396&lon=-84.7478&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7354V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7354V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R172K (registry code 2072431, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r172k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R172K
- Reported engine: CONT IO360K
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 662 total, 70 in this make and model, 49 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870105000159I

## Narrative

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

FORCED LANDING IN A FIELD AFTER SEVERE ENGINE VIBRATION EN ROUTE. FOUND SIGNS OF OIL STARVATION. OIL CAP LOOSE.

## Other reports on N7354V (1)

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

- [Accident 20251005015769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251005015769A), Oct 5, 2025: Cessna R172K (N7354V), Mt Carroll, IL, Destroyed. On October 5, 2025, at 1045 CDT, the pilot in command (PIC) of [privacy data omitted] a Cessna C172K, landed at Tautz airport (LL07). The flight was conducted…

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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