# Incident 19950409014809I: Cessna 172N, Miami, FL, April 9, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 9, 1995, 15:00 local time
- Place: Miami, FL
- Airport: Opa Locka West Aprt
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: MNLS
- Location: 25.7743° N, 80.1937° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Miami, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.7743&lon=-80.1937&mi=10
- Aircraft: N931JH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N931JH-2013-04-22) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O320H2AD
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950409014809I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE FLIGHT DEPARTED TAMIAMI AND PROCEDED TO MIA VDR AT 1,000 FEET, THEN NORTH ON V51 IN A CLIMB. AS THE MIXTURE WAS INCREASED, THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN VERY ROUGH. THE PILOT DIVERTED TO X46 AND CONTACTED OPA LOCKA TOWER, OPF ADVISED OPF(X46) WAS CLOSED, BUT PILOT ELECTED TO LAND THERE ANYWAY. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO CLEAR FOULED PLUGS, BUT AFTER MAINTENANCE ARRIVED, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE WAS COVERED WITH OIL AND WAS ABOUT TO QUIT COMPLETELY. A COMPRESSION CHECK WAS ACCOMPLISHED AND #3 CYLINDER WAS FOUND TO HAVE EXCESSIVELY LOW COMPRESSION. THE CYLINDER WAS CHANGED. OIL WAS CHANGED. AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN TO TMB. FURTHER MAINTENANCE REVEALED OIL HAD METAL AND ENGINE WAS REMOVED AND SENT TO SHOP FOR OVERHAUL. ENGINE P/N 0320H2AD (LYCOMING) S/N 3105-76. T.S.O. 1315.0 HOURS T.T. 2094.8 HOURS.

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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