# Incident 19881016068499I: Cessna 172P, Warsaw, IN, October 16, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 16, 1988, 12:50 local time
- Place: Warsaw, IN
- Airport: Warsaw Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.2747° N, 85.8401° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WARSAW MUNI (ASW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2747&lon=-85.8401&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9887L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9887L) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 150 total, 48 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881016068499I

## Narrative

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

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

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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