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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 120 · Gorman, CA · May 21, 1993

Date
May 21, 1993 · 08:00 local
Place
Gorman, CA
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N77291
Reported as
Cessna 120
Reported engine
Continental C8512
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
275 total200 in this make and model30 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 failed in flight. Forced landing on a road. No mechanical problem found suspect carburetor ice.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE FAILED IN FLIGHT. FORCED LANDING ON A ROAD. NO MECHANICAL PROBLEM FOUND SUSPECT CARBURETOR ICE.