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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 182J · Towanda, PA · April 18, 1994

Date
April 18, 1994 · 09:30 local
Place
Towanda, PA
Airport
Towanda Airport
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N3086F
Reported as
Cessna 182J
Reported engine
Continental O470R
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
350 total350 in this make and model10 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 RPM decreasing in flight. Vectored to Towanda. Landed safely. Probable cause is stress crack at weld mount.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE RPM DECREASING IN FLIGHT. VECTORED TO TOWANDA. LANDED SAFELY. PROBABLE CAUSE IS STRESS CRACK AT WELD MOUNT.