# Incident 19880829063219I: Cessna 421C, Ketchikan, AK, August 29, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 29, 1988, 11:30 local time
- Place: Ketchikan, AK
- Airport: Ketchikan International
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 55.3541° N, 131.7112° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KETCHIKAN INTL (KTN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=55.3541&lon=-131.7112&mi=10
- Aircraft: N172HF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N172HF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,700 total, 650 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880829063219I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DME INOPERATIVE. ACCEPTED ILS DME BUT FLEW 34 MILES PAST ARC. LANDED SAFELY.

## Other reports on N172HF (1)

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

- [Incident 19840116015349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840116015349I), Jan 16, 1984: Cessna 421C (N172HF), Batesville, AR, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed on rollout. Found nose gear anchor lugs failed at the bolt hole. Lugs made of aluminum.

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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