# Incident 19961028040109I: Cessna 172P, Ft Lauderdale, FL, October 28, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 28, 1996, 20:30 local time
- Place: Ft Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: Ft Lauderdale Executive
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1973° N, 80.1707° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT LAUDERDALE EXEC (FXE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1973&lon=-80.1707&mi=10
- Aircraft: N52276, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N52276-2009-03-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYC O320D2C
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961028040109I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: N499A52276, A CESSNA 172P, DEPARTED FT. LAUDERDALE EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (FXE) AT APPROXIMATELY 1900 EDT ON OCTOBER 28, 1996. THE LOCAL FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS, WITH THREE OCCUPANTS ON BOARD. THE AIRCRAFT LEFT FXE AND CLIMBED TO THE N.W. AT APPROXIMATELY 2000 FEET, THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH AND LOST POWER. THE PILOT IN COMMAND NOTED A TAPPING NOISE, HIGH CYLINDER HEAD TEMPERATURE, AND AN INABILITY TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE. AN EMERGENCY LANDING WAS MADE ON A HIGHWAY WITH NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURIES. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE #3 CYLINDER EXHAUST VALVE HAD STUCK OPEN, CAUSING THE VALVE PUSHROD AND HOUSING TO BE DAMAGED. THE CYLINDER ASSY. WAS REPLACED WITH A SERVICEABLE UNIT AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. A MALFUNCTION AND DEFECT REPORT WAS SUBMITTED TO THE FAA.

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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