# Incident 19980409008889I: Cessna 172P, San Diego, CA, April 9, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 9, 1998, 09:45 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Airport: Montgomery Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7153° N, 117.1573° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Diego, CA, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7153&lon=-117.1573&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9477L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9477L) (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 O320D2J
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 66 total, 66 in this make and model, 62 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980409008889I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON APRIL 9, 1998, MR. SERGIO GONZALES, PILOT IN COMMAND OF CESSNA 172P, N9477L, DEPARTED MYF, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA ON A LOCAL PILOT PROFICIENCY FLIGHT. FOLLOWING ROTATION, AS THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN CLIMBING, THE PIC STATED THAT HE FELT A VIBRATION. THE PIC ELECTED TO ABORT THE TAKE-OFF, OVER-RUNNING THE RUNWAY STRIKING AN ILS LOCALIZOR ANTENNA. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS MINOR AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT. INVESTIGATION REVEALED NUMBER 3 CYLINDER EXHAUST VALVE WAS STICKING, CAUSING THE ENGINE TO RUN ROUGH AND LOSE POWER. MALFUNCTION OR DEFECT FORM 8010-4, HAS BEEN SUBMITTED WITH SPECIFIC INFORMATION REGARDING THIS MALFUNCTION. THIS INCIDENT DID NOT INVOLVE A PILOT DEVIATION OR NMAC.

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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