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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 172N · Dunstable, MA · November 25, 1989

Date
November 25, 1989 · 17:20 local
Place
Dunstable, MA
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N5090K
Reported as
Cessna 172N
Reported engine
Lycoming O320H2AD
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
500 total50 in this make and model109 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 quit while being vectored for landing. Landed safely off airport. Connecting rod had failed.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT WHILE BEING VECTORED FOR LANDING. LANDED SAFELY OFF AIRPORT. CONNECTING ROD HAD FAILED.