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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 182R · Saranac Lake, NY · March 28, 1991

Date
March 28, 1991 · 11:02 local
Place
Saranac Lake, NY
Airport
Adirondack
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N107SP
Reported as
Cessna 182R
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,000 total2,500 in this make and model50 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.

Encountered heavy icing at 6000 feet. Declared emergency. Descended to VFR condition. Shed ice and continued flight

As the FAA filed it

ENCOUNTERED HEAVY ICING AT 6000 FEET. DECLARED EMERGENCY. DESCENDED TO VFR CONDITION. SHED ICE AND CONTINUED FLIGHT