# Incident 19901011063549I: Cessna 120, Evansville, IN, October 11, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 11, 1990, 11:54 local time
- Place: Evansville, IN
- Airport: Evansville Regional Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.0408° N, 87.5285° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EVANSVILLE RGNL (EVV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0408&lon=-87.5285&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1845N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1845N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 120 (registry code 2071402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-120) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 120
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 285 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901011063549I

## Narrative

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

LORAN EQUIPMENT HAD MALFUNCTIONED AND HE BECAME LOST. ENTERED EVANSVILLE ARSA WITHOUT CONTACTING ATC.

## Other reports on N1845N (1)

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

- [Accident 19790608018059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790608018059A), Jun 8, 1979: Cessna 140 (N1845N), La Grange, GA, Substantial damage. Pilot made forced landing and hit fence. Cowling opened in flight and pilot chose to land.

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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