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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 172N · Murdock, MN · October 20, 1992

Date
October 20, 1992 · 19:15 local
Place
Murdock, MN
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N3346E
Reported as
Cessna 172N
Reported engine
Lycoming O320H2AD
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
711 total300 in this make and model13 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 failure in flight. Safe night landing in field. Both magento condenser leads were chaffed and shorting out.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE FAILURE IN FLIGHT. SAFE NIGHT LANDING IN FIELD. BOTH MAGENTO CONDENSER LEADS WERE CHAFFED AND SHORTING OUT.