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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 172P · Augusta, ME · May 30, 1986

Date: May 30, 1986 · 10:09 local
Place: Augusta, ME
Airport: Augusta State
Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N54290
Reported as: Cessna 172P
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 150 total50 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

N54290Registered now · Cessna 172PS/N 17274948 · Built 1981 Airframe modelCessna 172P Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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.

Newly IFR rated pilot was unable to complete offered approaches. ATC vectors to a contact approach.

As the FAA filed it

NEWLY IFR RATED PILOT WAS UNABLE TO COMPLETE OFFERED APPROACHES. ATC VECTORS TO A CONTACT APPROACH.