# Incident 19861019065659I: Cessna 172M, Mason City, IA, October 19, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 19, 1986, 22:00 local time
- Place: Mason City, IA
- Airport: Mason City Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.1578° N, 93.3312° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MASON CITY MUNI (MCW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1578&lon=-93.3312&mi=10
- Aircraft: N146CK (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 200 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861019065659I

## Narrative

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

DEPARTED TAXIWAY AT NIGHT AND STRUCK AN UNLIGHTED RUNWAY DIRECTION SIGN. AIRCRAFT LANDING LIGHTS BURNED OUT.

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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