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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172 · Grant, FL · February 10, 2004

Date
February 10, 2004 · 14:50 local
Place
Grant, FL
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7111A
Reported as
Cessna 172
Reported engine
Continental O300A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
465 total250 in this make and model40 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.

(-23) During approach into the valkaria airport (X59) the pilot experienced smoke in the cockpit and shut the engine down. After venting the smoke from the aircraft cabin, and being only at 1300 feet, the pilot decided to restart the engine, during restart the cylinder separated from the engine block. The pilot landed at X59 uneventfully.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) DURING APPROACH INTO THE VALKARIA AIRPORT (X59) THE PILOT EXPERIENCED SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT AND SHUT THE ENGINE DOWN. AFTER VENTING THE SMOKE FROM THE AIRCRAFT CABIN, AND BEING ONLY AT 1300 FEET, THE PILOT DECIDED TO RESTART THE ENGINE, DURING RESTART THE CYLINDER SEPARATED FROM THE ENGINE BLOCK. THE PILOT LANDED AT X59 UNEVENTFULLY.