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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 172K · Syracuse, NY · July 31, 1993

Date: July 31, 1993 · 16:07 local
Place: Syracuse, NY
Airport: Syracuse Hancock International
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N126K
Reported as: Cessna 172K
Reported engine: Lycoming O320*
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,980 total600 in this make and model150 in the last 90 days

N126KRegistered now · Cessna 172KS/N 17257392 · Built 1968 Airframe modelCessna 172K Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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.

Rough running engine. Diverted to Syracuse. Landed safely. Found engine had swallowed exhaust valve.

As the FAA filed it

ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE. DIVERTED TO SYRACUSE. LANDED SAFELY. FOUND ENGINE HAD SWALLOWED EXHAUST VALVE.