19871110075359I

Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 172P · Van Nuys, CA · November 10, 1987

Date
November 10, 1987 · 20:05 local
Place
Van Nuys, CA
Airport
Van Nuys Airport
Phase of flight
Initial Approach-IFR
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N5364K
Reported as
Cessna 172P
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.

Electrical system failed. Landed without position lights or two way radio communication with the tower.

As the FAA filed it

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILED. LANDED WITHOUT POSITION LIGHTS OR TWO WAY RADIO COMMUNICATION WITH THE TOWER.

Other reports on N5364K · 4

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.