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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172N · Ogden, UT · October 10, 2000

Date: October 10, 2000 · 12:08 local
Place: Ogden, UT
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N194AR
Reported as: Cessna 172N
Reported engine: Lycoming O360A1A
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 8,000 total25 in this make and model200 in the last 90 days

N194ARRegistered now · Cessna 172NS/N 17272029 · Built 1978 Airframe modelCessna 172N Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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.

(-23)The pilot, privacy data omitted, stated he was 12 miles west of Ogden, UT, when his aircraft experienced a rough running engine. He made a precautionary landing on a dirt road. The mechanic that examined and repaired the aircraft, said he found a small bolt in the #1 cylinder. He further stated he could not find any missing bolts around the engine, and that he felt someone had sabotaged the aircraft by placing the bolt in the engine intake. The pilot stated he did not feel that sabotage was the cause, and he further stated that the aircraft had undergone an annual inspection 2.5 flight hours prior to the incident. The mechanic that examined the aircraft and found the bolt was the same mechanic that performed the annual inspection.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)THE PILOT, ^PRIVACY DATA^, STATED HE WAS 12 MILES WEST OF OGDEN, UT, WHEN HIS AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE. HE MADE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON A DIRT ROAD. THE MECHANIC THAT EXAMINED AND REPAIRED THE AIRCRAFT, SAID HE FOUND A SMALL BOLT IN THE #1 CYLINDER. HE FURTHER STATED HE COULD NOT FIND ANY MISSING BOLTS AROUND THE ENGINE, AND THAT HE FELT SOMEONE HAD SABOTAGED THE AIRCRAFT BY PLACING THE BOLT IN THE ENGINE INTAKE. THE PILOT STATED HE DID NOT FEEL THAT SABOTAGE WAS THE CAUSE, AND HE FURTHER STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD UNDERGONE AN ANNUAL INSPECTION 2.5 FLIGHT HOURS PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. THE MECHANIC THAT EXAMINED THE AIRCRAFT AND FOUND THE BOLT WAS THE SAME MECHANIC THAT PERFORMED THE ANNUAL INSPECTION.