# Incident 19880316018499I: Cessna 172P, Lihue, HI, March 16, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 16, 1988, 12:20 local time
- Place: Lihue, HI
- Airport: Lihue
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 21.9760° N, 159.3390° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LIHUE (LIH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=21.9760&lon=-159.3390&mi=10
- Aircraft: N65906, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N65906-2003-07-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYC O320D2J
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880316018499I

## Narrative

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

BECAME LOST FLYING OVER THE OCEAN. REQUESTED HELP. COAST GUARD C130 DIRECTED HIM TO LAND. FAULTY VOR EQUIPMENT.

## Other reports on N65906 (2)

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

- [Accident 20030118007039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030118007039A), Jan 18, 2003: Cessna 172P (N65906), Edgewater, FL, Destroyed, 4 fatal. (-23) On January 18, 2003, at 1733Z, aircraft N65906, a 1982, CE-172P, spiraled and crashed on an island in the intercoastal waterway near Edgewater, Florida…
- [Incident 19900916049479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900916049479I), Sep 16, 1990: Cessna 172P (N65906), Wahiawa, HI, Minor damage. Hard landing. Propoised and elected to go-around. Landed safely. Found nose wheel and propeller damage.

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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