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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 172P · Warsaw, IN · October 16, 1988

Date: October 16, 1988 · 12:50 local
Place: Warsaw, IN
Airport: Warsaw Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N9887L
Reported as: Cessna 172P
Reported engine: Lycoming O320D2J
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 150 total48 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

N9887LRegistered now · Cessna 172PS/N 17276645 · Built 1986 Airframe modelCessna 172P Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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.

VFR pilot encountered IFR condition. Was assisted by ATC to VFR condition. Returned to departure airport.

As the FAA filed it

VFR PILOT ENCOUNTERED IFR CONDITION. WAS ASSISTED BY ATC TO VFR CONDITION. RETURNED TO DEPARTURE AIRPORT.