# Incident 19820906052619I: Cessna 172N, Saginaw, MI, September 6, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 6, 1982, 08:58 local time
- Place: Saginaw, MI
- Airport: Tri-City
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.4177° N, 83.9547° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Saginaw, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4177&lon=-83.9547&mi=10
- Aircraft: N737MW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N737MW-1990-03-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820906052619I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

VFR ON TOP, ASKED FOR VECTORS TO AVOID OVER WATER FLIGHT. MISTAKENLY REPORTED IFR, WAS VECTORED FOR ASR APPROACH.

## Other reports on N737MW (1)

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

- [Accident 19841009065279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841009065279A), Oct 9, 1984: Cessna 172N (N737MW), Gold Hill, NC, Substantial damage. Unable to stop after landing downwind. Ran off the end of the runway.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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