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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 182M · Ft Wayne, IN · June 21, 1981

Date: June 21, 1981 · 17:00 local
Place: Ft Wayne, IN
Airport: Smith
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N71788
Reported as: Cessna 182M
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 584 total111 in this make and model43 in the last 90 days

N71788Registered now · Cessna 182MS/N 18259758 Airframe modelCessna 182M Engine modelContinental O-470 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.

Pilot diverted due to weather. Made hard landing with no damage. Checked aircraft. Continued flight.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT DIVERTED DUE TO WEATHER. MADE HARD LANDING WITH NO DAMAGE. CHECKED AIRCRAFT. CONTINUED FLIGHT.