N8423U
Cessna 172F · built 1964
Register facts: FAA Aircraft Registry (Releasable Aircraft Database) (open data).
FlightFinder has no observed route profile for this registration. The documented safety events below are available independently of live flight tracking.
Safety history
- September 15, 1982Accident
THE PILOT EXPERIENCED A PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER DURING A FERRY FLIGHT AND WAS FORCED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD. HE STATED THAT HE NOTED 4 VIBRATIONS FOLLOWED BY A MISSING IN THE ENGINE. THE RPM DROPPED TO 1200 AND HE COULD NOT MAINTAIN ALTITUDE. OCCASIONALLY, BY PUMPING THE THROTTLE HE WAS ABLE TO INCREASE THE RPM ABOVE 1200.
- March 20, 1982Accident
UPON ARRIVAL AT THE AIRCRAFT, THE PILOT NOTED THAT THE NOSE GEAR STRUT WAS UNDER INFLATED. THE PILOT, WHO IS TRAINING TO BE AN A&P MECHANIC, DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS AN OIL LEAK. HOWEVER, TO AVOID ABORTING THE FLIGHT, HE INFLATED THE STRUT WITH AIR ONLY AND TOOK OFF.