# Incident 19920607024709I: Cessna 172N, West Chicago, IL, June 7, 1992

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 7, 1992, 12:00 local time
- Place: West Chicago, IL
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.8953° N, 88.2205° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of West Chicago, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8953&lon=-88.2205&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8228G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8228G-2013-02-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYC O320H2AD
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 41 total, 41 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920607024709I

## Narrative

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

POWER LOSS ON CLIMBOUT. LANDED IN FIELD. NR4 CYLINDER EXHAUST GUIDE CAME OUT OF HEAD CAUSING VALVE TO JAM.

## Other reports on N8228G (1)

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

- [Accident 19930410008879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930410008879A), Apr 10, 1993: Cessna 172N (N8228G), Portsmouth, NH, Substantial damage. Struck trees on missed approach. Fuel tanks empty. Made numerous missed approachs. Failed have alternate and fuel.

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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