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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172M · Pleasantville, NY · October 14, 1987

Date: October 14, 1987 · 15:35 local
Place: Pleasantville, NY
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N20199
Reported as: Cessna 172M
Reported engine: Lycoming O320E2D
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 321 total210 in this make and model45 in the last 90 days

N20199Registered now · Cessna 172MS/N 17261090 · Built 1972 Airframe modelCessna 172M 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.

Engine failed en route. Safe landing on a soccer field. Rod had broken through the case.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE FAILED EN ROUTE. SAFE LANDING ON A SOCCER FIELD. ROD HAD BROKEN THROUGH THE CASE.