# Incident 19950312008499I: Cessna 172N, Ashland/Linvill, AL, March 12, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 12, 1995, 17:30 local time
- Place: Ashland/Linvill, AL
- Airport: Ashland/Linville Airport
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2699° N, 85.8337° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ashland, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2699&lon=-85.8337&mi=10
- Aircraft: N738XL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N738XL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 400 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950312008499I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT EXPERIENCED PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER AND LOUD KNOCKING. LANDED AT ASHLAND, ALABAMA. A&P IA RAY LETT STATES THAT #3 CYLINDER SEPARATED FROM CRANKCASE AIRCRAFT WAS ANNUALLED 12-94 AT NORTHEAST FLORIDA AVIATION IN JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA. ENGINE HAD APPROXIMATELY 4200 HRS TT AT TIME OF INCIDENT. (1996 SMOH). ENGINE EXAMINED ON 4-4-95 BY GARY SOLDWICH OF SO FSDO 09. IT APPEARS THAT ENGINE CASE WAS CRACKED AT THE BASE OF THE #3 CYLINDER. ADDITIONALLY IT APPEARS THAT 5 OUT OF 8 CYLINDER BASE STUDS HAD SHEARED.

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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