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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 180 · Alder Lake, WA · November 7, 1987

Date
November 7, 1987 · 17:00 local
Place
Alder Lake, WA
Airport
Crest Airpark
Phase of flight
Forced Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N1680C
Reported as
Cessna 180
Reported engine
Continental O470A
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
750 total5 in this make and model10 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.

Engine failure in cruise due to sheared teeth on cam drive gear. Aircraft four years out of annual inspection.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE FAILURE IN CRUISE DUE TO SHEARED TEETH ON CAM DRIVE GEAR. AIRCRAFT FOUR YEARS OUT OF ANNUAL INSPECTION.

Other reports on N1680C · 2

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