# Incident 19950130004719I: Cessna STC185, Fairbanks, AK, January 30, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 30, 1995, 09:15 local time
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Airport: Fairbanks International
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 64.8154° N, 147.8567° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FAIRBANKS INTL (FAI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.8154&lon=-147.8567&mi=10
- Aircraft: N16502 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA STC185
- Reported engine: CONT IO520K
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,400 total, 800 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950130004719I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NARRATIVE: ROUGH ENGINE DURING LEVEL TEST FLIGHT OF NEW STC'D ENG & PROP INSTALLATION. MADE PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON TANANA RIVER ICE. MECHANIC FLEW TO LANDING SITE, CHECK FUEL SYSTEM, INDUCTION AND IGNITION SYSTEM FOUND OK. PULLED LOWER PLUGS IN ENGINE CYLINDERS AND FOUND OIL FOULING FROM EXCESSIVE ENGINE PRESERVATION. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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