- Date
- September 24, 1983, 08:00 local (13:00 UTC)
- Place
- Shell Lake, WI
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4963VCessna 172RG
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830924068109I
- Case key
- 12057
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the incident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction
Engine assembly,push rod - bentCause
Analysis
The number 4 exhaust pushrod failed in flight for an undetermined reason.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4963V
- Reported as
- Cessna 172RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172RG0431
- Airframe hours
- 1,060
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-AA6, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Northern Wings
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 1, 1983 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- WI32 · La Pointe, WI
- Destination
- STP · St. Paul, MN
- Flight plan
- VFR
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 24
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,362 total · 16 in this make and model · 1,224 as pilot in command · 110 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 20 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 39 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.