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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 182Q · Pullman, WA · November 6, 1986

Date
November 6, 1986 · 17:30 local
Place
Pullman, WA
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N735ZZ
Reported as
Cessna 182Q
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
206 total100 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

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.

Descent clearance cancelled by ATC due to departing traffic. Pilot misunderstood and started descent.

As the FAA filed it

DESCENT CLEARANCE CANCELLED BY ATC DUE TO DEPARTING TRAFFIC. PILOT MISUNDERSTOOD AND STARTED DESCENT.