# Incident 19870317025029I: Cessna 210N, Mobile, AL, March 17, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 17, 1987, 16:50 local time
- Place: Mobile, AL
- Airport: Bates Field
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- 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: N5322A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5322A-1991-06-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210N (registry code 2073453, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870317025029I

## Narrative

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

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