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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 177 · Columbia, SC · December 10, 1991

Date
December 10, 1991 · 13:30 local
Place
Columbia, SC
Airport
Columbia Metropolitan
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N29518
Reported as
Cessna 177
Reported engine
Lycoming O320E2D
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
425 total200 in this make and model25 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 rough en route. Landed safely. NR1 cylinder exhaust valve stem broke and punctured piston.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE ROUGH EN ROUTE. LANDED SAFELY. NR1 CYLINDER EXHAUST VALVE STEM BROKE AND PUNCTURED PISTON.