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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 172N · Gold Beach, OR · August 15, 1998

Date
August 15, 1998 · 17:06 local
Place
Gold Beach, OR
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N4778E
Reported as
Cessna 172N
Reported engine
Lycoming O320H2AD
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
340 total250 in this make and model60 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Experienced engine problems and total engine failure with no power and elected to set the aircraft down on highway 101. Pilot was in direct contact with seattle center flying under IFR flight plan. Landed aircraft without incident. No damage to aircrafat and no injuries.

As the FAA filed it

EXPERIENCED ENGINE PROBLEMS AND TOTAL ENGINE FAILURE WITH NO POWER AND ELECTED TO SET THE AIRCRAFT DOWN ON HIGHWAY 101. PILOT WAS IN DIRECT CONTACT WITH SEATTLE CENTER FLYING UNDER IFR FLIGHT PLAN. LANDED AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INCIDENT. NO DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFAT AND NO INJURIES.