40.4899° N, 85.6797° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at Marion Municipal Airport (MZZ), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
March 3, 1991 · 23:00 local
Place
Marion, IN
Airport
Marion Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N738JL
Reported as
Cessna 172N
Reported engine
Lycoming O320*
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
983 total289 in this make and model151 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 en route. Vectored to airport by ATC. Found NR4 exhaust valve broken.
As the FAA filed it
ENGINE QUIT EN ROUTE. VECTORED TO AIRPORT BY ATC. FOUND NR4 EXHAUST VALVE BROKEN.