# Incident 19910303013169I: Cessna 172N, Marion, IN, March 3, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 3, 1991, 23:00 local time
- Place: Marion, IN
- Airport: Marion Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4899° N, 85.6797° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Marion Municipal Airport (MZZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4899&lon=-85.6797&mi=10
- Aircraft: N738JL (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 983 total, 289 in this make and model, 151 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910303013169I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ENGINE QUIT EN ROUTE. VECTORED TO AIRPORT BY ATC. FOUND NR4 EXHAUST VALVE BROKEN.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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