19890515034819I

Incident

FAA incident report · Beech V35A · Charleston, WV · May 15, 1989

Date
May 15, 1989 · 12:33 local
Place
Charleston, WV
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N2722A
Reported as
Beech V35A
Reported engine
Continental IO520BA
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,649 total432 in this make and model63 in the last 90 days

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.

ATC issued an IFR clearance to a VFR pilot who did not realize that he had accepted an IFR clearance.

As the FAA filed it

ATC ISSUED AN IFR CLEARANCE TO A VFR PILOT WHO DID NOT REALIZE THAT HE HAD ACCEPTED AN IFR CLEARANCE.

Other reports on N2722A · 3

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