# Incident 19840628039279I: Cessna 172N, Richmond, VA, June 28, 1984

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 28, 1984, 13:16 local time
- Place: Richmond, VA
- Airport: Richard E Byrd In
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.5538° N, 77.4603° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Richmond, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5538&lon=-77.4603&mi=10
- Aircraft: N738AP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N738AP-1991-01-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 84 total, 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/19840628039279I

## Narrative

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

ENCOUNTERED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. LOST CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT. RECOVERED FROM SPIN. VECTORED TO AIRPORT.

## Other reports on N738AP (1)

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

- [Accident 19901027047139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901027047139A), Oct 27, 1990: Cessna 172N (N738AP), Portage, WI, Substantial damage. Lost electrical at night. Collapsed nose gear landing on road and nosed over loose battery wire and alternator field

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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