# Incident 19871106078219I: Cessna 172P, Hudson, NY, November 6, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 6, 1987, 22:11 local time
- Place: Hudson, NY
- Airport: Columbia County
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2913° N, 73.7103° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COLUMBIA COUNTY (1B1), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2913&lon=-73.7103&mi=10
- Aircraft: N51526, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N51526) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 280 total, 120 in this make and model, 82 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871106078219I

## Narrative

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

CAUGHT ON TOP OF A BROKEN CEILING IN SNOWSHOWERS. UNABLE TO MAINTAIN VFR. FUEL LOW. FLIGHT ASSIST TO THE AIRPORT.

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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