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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172K · Altus, OK · August 18, 2002

Date: August 18, 2002 · 15:50 local
Place: Altus, OK
Phase of flight: Forced Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N5135G
Reported as: Cessna 172K
Reported engine: Lycoming O320E2D
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 190 total12 in this make and model12 in the last 90 days

N5135GRegistered now · Cessna 172KS/N 17258449 · Built 1969 Airframe modelCessna 172K 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) Pilot reported the engine lost power near the Altus municipal airport. Aircraft landed approximately 1/2 mile north of the airport in an open field resulting in minor damage to the nose wheel pant, left wing tip and propeller. Investigation revealed the intake valve keepers on the #3 cylinder failed allowing the intake valve to be ingested into the cylinder. Malfunction or defect report has been submitted and privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT REPORTED THE ENGINE LOST POWER NEAR THE ALTUS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. AIRCRAFT LANDED APPROXIMATELY 1/2 MILE NORTH OF THE AIRPORT IN AN OPEN FIELD RESULTING IN MINOR DAMAGE TO THE NOSE WHEEL PANT, LEFT WING TIP AND PROPELLER. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE INTAKE VALVE KEEPERS ON THE #3 CYLINDER FAILED ALLOWING THE INTAKE VALVE TO BE INGESTED INTO THE CYLINDER. MALFUNCTION OR DEFECT REPORT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^