# Incident 19900830050839I: Cessna 172P, Boston, MA, August 30, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 1990, 13:26 local time
- Place: Boston, MA
- Airport: General Edward Lawrence Logan
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.3629° N, 71.0064° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GENERAL EDWARD LAWRENCE LOGAN INTL (BOS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3629&lon=-71.0064&mi=10
- Aircraft: N63140, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N63140-2011-08-18) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 200 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900830050839I

## Narrative

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

LOST RADIO EN ROUTE. ELECTED TO LAND BOSTON WHEN HE HEARD  TOWER. UNAWARE TRANSPONDER WOULD WORK.

## Other reports on N63140 (1)

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

- [Incident 19930407016749I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930407016749I), Apr 7, 1993: Cessna 172P (N63140), New City, NY. Instructor flew aircraft at an altitude of 200 to 250 feet over a house.

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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