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Incident

FAA incident report · Maule MX-7-180 · Giddings, TX · February 4, 1987

Date
February 4, 1987 · 17:30 local
Place
Giddings, TX
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N5663N
Reported as
Maule MX7180
Reported engine
Lycoming O360C1F
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
150 total4 in this make and model40 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.

Landed on a road after engine ran rough and lost power. Found the intake rocker arm on number 2 cylinder failed.

As the FAA filed it

LANDED ON A ROAD AFTER ENGINE RAN ROUGH AND LOST POWER. FOUND THE INTAKE ROCKER ARM ON NUMBER 2 CYLINDER FAILED.