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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172P · Brohman, MI · July 11, 1988

Date: July 11, 1988 · 17:30 local
Place: Brohman, MI
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N6544K
Reported as: Cessna 172P
Reported engine: Lycoming O320D2J
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 95 total38 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

N6544KRegistered now · Cessna 172PS/N 17274209 · Built 1980 Airframe modelCessna 172P 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. Landed in a farm field. NR4 cylinder and a seized exhaust valve caused the failure.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE FAILED. LANDED IN A FARM FIELD. NR4 CYLINDER AND A SEIZED EXHAUST VALVE CAUSED THE FAILURE.