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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172L · Huntington, PA · July 20, 1987

Date: July 20, 1987 · 09:30 local
Place: Huntington, PA
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N19706
Reported as: Cessna 172L
Reported engine: Lycoming O320E2D
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 492 total417 in this make and model25 in the last 90 days

N19706Registered now · Cessna 172LS/N 17260687 · Built 1972 Airframe modelCessna 172L Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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.

The aircraft landed in an open field after the engine lost power. A valve in NR1 cylinder was found broken.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN AN OPEN FIELD AFTER THE ENGINE LOST POWER. A VALVE IN NR1 CYLINDER WAS FOUND BROKEN.