37.7823° N, 79.4443° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Lexington, VA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
September 4, 1992 · 11:35 local
Place
Lexington, VA
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N76CG
Reported as
Cessna R172E
Reported engine
Continental IO360A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,050 total200 in this make and model190 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 in flight. Forced landing on highway. Found chip detector dislodged from sump pump mounting boss.
As the FAA filed it
ENGINE QUIT IN FLIGHT. FORCED LANDING ON HIGHWAY. FOUND CHIP DETECTOR DISLODGED FROM SUMP PUMP MOUNTING BOSS.