# Incident 19870810062059I: Cessna 172P, Billerica, MA, August 10, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 1987, 16:50 local time
- Place: Billerica, MA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5584° N, 71.2689° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Billerica, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5584&lon=-71.2689&mi=10
- Aircraft: N97074 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYC O320D2J
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 352 total, 185 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870810062059I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE RAN ROUGH AND QUIT DURING INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT. OFF AIRPORT LANDING. CYLINDER WAS SEPARATED FROM CASE.

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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