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Date
September 29, 1990 · 17:34 local
Place
Abilene, TX
Airport
Abilene Regional Airport
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N18102
Reported as
Cessna 150L
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
157 total109 in this make and model104 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.
Pilot had difficulties establishing radio contact with ATC. Found a defective frequency counter on radio.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT HAD DIFFICULTIES ESTABLISHING RADIO CONTACT WITH ATC. FOUND A DEFECTIVE FREQUENCY COUNTER ON RADIO.