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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 182Q · San Diego, CA · May 14, 1989

Date: May 14, 1989 · 09:55 local
Place: San Diego, CA
Airport: Montgomery Field Airport
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N4708N
Reported as: Cessna 182Q
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 600 total100 in this make and model8 in the last 90 days

N4708NRegistered now · Cessna 182QS/N 18267298 · Built 1979 Airframe modelCessna 182Q Engine modelContinental O-470 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.

Gyrocompass failed after takeoff. Magnetic compass fell to floor. Unable to maintain heading. ATC not advised.

As the FAA filed it

GYROCOMPASS FAILED AFTER TAKEOFF. MAGNETIC COMPASS FELL TO FLOOR. UNABLE TO MAINTAIN HEADING. ATC NOT ADVISED.