# Incident 19901216063769I: Cessna 177B, El Dorado, KS, December 16, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 16, 1990, 12:33 local time
- Place: El Dorado, KS
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.8204° N, 96.8630° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of El Dorado, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8204&lon=-96.8630&mi=10
- Aircraft: N19822 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177B
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 950 total, 900 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901216063769I

## Narrative

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

VFR PILOT ENCOUNTERED IFR WEATHER. ASKED ATC FOR VECTOR TO AIRPORT. WEATHER FORCASTED TO BE VFR.

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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