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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 172 · Christmas, FL · June 8, 1989

Date
June 8, 1989 · 08:30 local
Place
Christmas, FL
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N6579K
Reported as
Cessna 172
Reported engine
Lycoming O320D2J
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
550 total91 in this make and model125 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.

Rough engine and unable to maintain altitude. Landed on highway. No damage. Found push rod and rocker arm broken.

As the FAA filed it

ROUGH ENGINE AND UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE. LANDED ON HIGHWAY. NO DAMAGE. FOUND PUSH ROD AND ROCKER ARM BROKEN.

Other reports on N6579K · 1

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