# Incident 19910212005959I: Cessna 172E, North Bend, OR, February 12, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 12, 1991, 19:15 local time
- Place: North Bend, OR
- Airport: North Bend Municipal
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.4072° N, 124.2345° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of North Bend, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4072&lon=-124.2345&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3950S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3950S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172E (registry code 2072412, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 993 total, 600 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910212005959I

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTED PROBLEM WITH INSTRUMENTS AND UNABLE TO MAINTAIN HEADING AND ALTITUDES.CLEARED TO EUGENE FOR LANDING.

## Other reports on N3950S (1)

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

- [Accident 20040321004409A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040321004409A), Mar 21, 2004: Cessna 172E (N3950S), S Bend/Raymond, WA, Substantial damage. (-23) During the last landing after a day of flying a recently purchased aircraft, the pilot lost control during after-landing-rollout and veered into the soft…

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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