# Incident 19910927048979I: Cessna 180, Fairbanks, AK, September 27, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 27, 1991, 18:45 local time
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 64.8378° N, 147.7164° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fairbanks, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.8378&lon=-147.7164&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7652A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7652A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180 (registry code 2072602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Reported engine: CONT O470K
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 980 total, 833 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910927048979I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE ROUGH IN FLIGHT. ELECTED TO LAND ON HIGHWAY. TOP OF NR5 PISTON HAD DISINTEGRATED.

## Other reports on N7652A (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19890424010619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890424010619A), Apr 24, 1989: Cessna 180K (N7652A), Fairbanks, AK, Substantial damage. Wing came up on downwind landing roll, failed to correct. Dragged other wing, left the runway and nosed over.

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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