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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 172K · Pescadero, CA · December 20, 1990

Date
December 20, 1990 · 11:45 local
Place
Pescadero, CA
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N79453
Reported as
Cessna 172K
Reported engine
Lycoming O320*
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,000 total1,200 in this make and model150 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.

While practicing stalls throttle failed to respond. Landed in park. Throttle linkage had failed.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE PRACTICING STALLS THROTTLE FAILED TO RESPOND. LANDED IN PARK. THROTTLE LINKAGE HAD FAILED.