# Incident 19860205018849I: Cessna 177, Mobile, AL, February 5, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 5, 1986, 09:30 local time
- Place: Mobile, AL
- Airport: Bates Field
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.6944° N, 88.0431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mobile, AL, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.6944&lon=-88.0431&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2872X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2872X-2012-09-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177 (registry code 2073704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 50 in this make and model, 130 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860205018849I

## Narrative

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

FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED WITHIN THE CONTROL ZONE IN WEATHER CONDITIONS BELOW VFR MINIMUMS.

## Other reports on N2872X (1)

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

- [Accident 20090530009149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090530009149A), May 30, 2009: Cessna 177A (N2872X), Houston, TX, Substantial damage. (-23) On may 30, 2009, at approximately 1428 local CDT a Cessna 177 was substantially damaged when the pilot made a forced landing on a city street due to fuel…

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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