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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna T210N · Mesa, AZ · January 7, 1989

Date
January 7, 1989 · 12:46 local
Place
Mesa, AZ
Airport
Falcon Field Airport
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N9920N
Reported as
Cessna T210N
Reported engine
Continental IO520L
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0

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.

Tower controllers observed aircraft flying at a low altitude. Due to distance, unable to substantiate low flying.

As the FAA filed it

TOWER CONTROLLERS OBSERVED AIRCRAFT FLYING AT A LOW ALTITUDE. DUE TO DISTANCE, UNABLE TO SUBSTANTIATE LOW FLYING.