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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 182P · Fallbrook, CA · May 5, 1990

Date: May 5, 1990 · 09:15 local
Place: Fallbrook, CA
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N20HB
Reported as: Cessna 182P
Reported engine: Continental O470S
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,243 total100 in this make and model8 in the last 90 days

N20HBRegistered now · Cessna 182PS/N 18262945 Airframe modelCessna 182P Engine modelContinental O-470 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 lost power on test flight. Forced landing off airport. Found fuel contaminated from left fuel cell.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE LOST POWER ON TEST FLIGHT. FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT. FOUND FUEL CONTAMINATED FROM LEFT FUEL CELL.