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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 172M · Richmond, VA · October 25, 1981

Date
October 25, 1981 · 14:21 local
Place
Richmond, VA
Airport
Byrd International
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N8941V
Reported as
Cessna 172M
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
200 total75 in this make and model0 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.

Pilot entered clouds and could not return to VFR conditions. Got ATC to vector him to Byrd. One passenger in shock.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT ENTERED CLOUDS AND COULD NOT RETURN TO VFR CONDITIONS. GOT ATC TO VECTOR HIM TO BYRD. ONE PASSENGER IN SHOCK.

Other reports on N8941V · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.