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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 172M · Slagle, LA · February 23, 1988

Date: February 23, 1988 · 13:06 local
Place: Slagle, LA
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N12410
Reported as: Cessna 172M
Reported engine: Lycoming O320E2D
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 10,000 total600 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

N12410Registered now · Cessna 172MS/N 17261978 · Built 1973 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.

Power loss caused a forced landing. Exhaust valve head seperated and knocked a hole in a piston.

As the FAA filed it

POWER LOSS CAUSED A FORCED LANDING. EXHAUST VALVE HEAD SEPERATED AND KNOCKED A HOLE IN A PISTON.