# Incident 19870905064699I: Cessna 172N, Upalco, UT, September 5, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 1987, 15:00 local time
- Place: Upalco, UT
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2780° N, 110.2182° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Upalco, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2780&lon=-110.2182&mi=10
- Aircraft: N738CW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N738CW-2008-01-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 65 total, 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870905064699I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE RAN ROUGH AFTER IMPROPER CARBURETOR HEAT USE. LANDED RATHER THAN TRYING TO CLEAR POWERLINES AS POWER RESUMED

## Other reports on N738CW (1)

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

- [Accident 20001014015039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001014015039A), Oct 14, 2000: Cessna 172N (N738CW), Jensen, UT, No damage. (-23) Cross country sight seeing flight. Pilot admitted not determining visually how much fuel was on board a/c prior to departure. A/c was determined to have…

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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