# Incident 19840107009989I: Cessna 172N, North Vernon, IN, January 7, 1984

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 7, 1984, 19:00 local time
- Place: North Vernon, IN
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0149° N, 85.6301° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of North Vernon, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0149&lon=-85.6301&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4639D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4639D-1990-09-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 950 total, 400 in this make and model, 74 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840107009989I

## Narrative

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

PILOT BECAME LOST AT NIGHT AND CIRCLED LOW OVER A SHOPPING CENTER. POLICE PUT FLARES ON A ROAD FOR PILOTS LANDING.

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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