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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 172A · Gainesville, TX · March 11, 1989

Date
March 11, 1989 · 14:45 local
Place
Gainesville, TX
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N7466T
Reported as
Cessna 172A
Reported engine
Continental O300C
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,700 total70 in this make and model11 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 lost power then quit. Forced landing on road. Suspect carburetor ice. Restarted engine and continued flight.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE LOST POWER THEN QUIT. FORCED LANDING ON ROAD. SUSPECT CARBURETOR ICE. RESTARTED ENGINE AND CONTINUED FLIGHT.