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Incident

FAA incident report · Univar 415-C · Willits, CA · October 11, 1987

Date
October 11, 1987 · 15:20 local
Place
Willits, CA
Phase of flight
Forced Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N85260
Reported as
Univar 415C
Reported engine
Continental C7512
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
40 total33 in this make and model25 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.

Loud clanging noise from the engine before power loss. Off airport landing. Suspect a defective valve.

As the FAA filed it

LOUD CLANGING NOISE FROM THE ENGINE BEFORE POWER LOSS. OFF AIRPORT LANDING. SUSPECT A DEFECTIVE VALVE.