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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 210N · Mobile, AL · March 17, 1987

Date
March 17, 1987 · 16:50 local
Place
Mobile, AL
Airport
Bates Field
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N5322A
Reported as
Cessna 210N
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0

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.

Circled airport until a light signal was given by ATC. Aircraft radio had gone out.

As the FAA filed it

CIRCLED AIRPORT UNTIL A LIGHT SIGNAL WAS GIVEN BY ATC. AIRCRAFT RADIO HAD GONE OUT.