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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 180 · San Diego, CA · February 17, 1991

Date
February 17, 1991 · 13:00 local
Place
San Diego, CA
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N3168D
Reported as
Cessna 180
Reported engine
Continental O470A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,100 total100 in this make and model30 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.

Lost engine power in flight. Forced landing in field. Connecting rod bearing had spun in its housing.

As the FAA filed it

LOST ENGINE POWER IN FLIGHT. FORCED LANDING IN FIELD. CONNECTING ROD BEARING HAD SPUN IN ITS HOUSING.