FAA incident report · Cessna 172N · Shirley, NY · July 25, 1988
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.
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Radio communication failure on IFR flight. Able to proceed due to VFR conditions. Landed at Brookhaven.
RADIO COMMUNICATION FAILURE ON IFR FLIGHT. ABLE TO PROCEED DUE TO VFR CONDITIONS. LANDED AT BROOKHAVEN.
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.