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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 175 · Tacoma, WA · September 26, 1989

Date
September 26, 1989 · 18:00 local
Place
Tacoma, WA
Airport
Mcchord Afb
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N7540M
Reported as
Cessna 175
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
400 total5 in this make and model5 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.

Radio failed. Flying VFR between clouds. Landed at Mcchord field on taxiway. No medical or registration certificate

As the FAA filed it

RADIO FAILED. FLYING VFR BETWEEN CLOUDS. LANDED AT MCCHORD FIELD ON TAXIWAY. NO MEDICAL OR REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE