# Incident 19910202015549I: Cessna 172M, St Petersburg-C, FL, February 2, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 2, 1991, 19:00 local time
- Place: St Petersburg-C, FL
- Airport: St Petersburg-Clearwater International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9102° N, 82.6874° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at St. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (PIE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9102&lon=-82.6874&mi=10
- Aircraft: N88AB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N88AB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 500 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910202015549I

## Narrative

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

FAILED TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE AND HEADING ASSIGNMENTS. VACUUM PUMP HAD FAILED. PREOCCUPIED WITH AIRCRAFT CONTROL.

## Other reports on N88AB (1)

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

- [Accident 19810510022979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810510022979A), May 10, 1981: Cessna 172M (N88AB), Merritt Island, FL, Destroyed. Lost control after aborting touch and go takeoff. Ran off runway into a ditch. Had failed to reduce flap setting.

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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