# Incident 19991127035159I: Cessna 172, Wellsville, NY, November 27, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 27, 1999, 07:55 local time
- Place: Wellsville, NY
- Airport: Wellsville Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1207° N, 77.9457° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wellsville, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1207&lon=-77.9457&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4014F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4014F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Reported engine: CONT O300C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991127035159I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 11/27/99 AT 0755 EST, A CE-172, N4014F, REGISTERED TO GARY L. BASTIAN, LANDED UNEVENTFULLY AT TARANTINE FIELD, WELLSVILLE, NY AFTER EXPERIENCING ENGINE PROBLEMS.  FOLLOWING A CLIMB THROUGH 1500 FEET, MR. BASTIAN HEARD A LOUD BAND, AND THEN THE ENGINE BEGAN RUNNING ROUGH.  AFTER PERFORMING THE EMERGENCY PROCEDURES, HE RETURNED TO WELLSVILLE AND CONTACTED THE BUFFALO FSS TO CANCEL HIS FLIGHT PLAN, FINAL DESTINATION WAS DAYTON, TENNESSEE (2AO).  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE SUSTAINED MAJOR DAMAGE, HOWEVER THERE WAS NO INJURY TO THE PILOT.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BROUGHT INTO THE WELLSVILLE FLYING SERVICE REPAIR STATION WHERE MAINTENANCE FOUND TWO ENGINE CYLINDERS WITH CRACKED AND BROKEN BOSSES.  A SUSPECTED UNAPPROVED PARTS INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN OPENED.  THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

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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