# Incident 19970716025169I: Cessna 172N, Sandpoint, ID, July 16, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 16, 1997, 11:00 local time
- Place: Sandpoint, ID
- Airport: Sandpoint Airport
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.2995° N, 116.5601° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SANDPOINT (SZT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.2995&lon=-116.5601&mi=10
- Aircraft: N172HR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N172HR) (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 O320D2J
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970716025169I

## Narrative

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

ROUGH ENGINE LANDING AT AIRPORT. FOUND BENT PUSH ROD AND HOUSING. NR1 VALVE STEM BROKE. CARBON BUILD UP A FACTOR.

## Other reports on N172HR (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20190228010619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190228010619I), Feb 28, 2019: Cessna 172N (N172HR), Snohomish, WA, Minor damage. Landed 15L. Lost directional control on rollout. Contacted fence beyond end of runway.

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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