# Incident 19910328013769I: Cessna 182R, Saranac Lake, NY, March 28, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 28, 1991, 11:02 local time
- Place: Saranac Lake, NY
- Airport: Adirondack
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.3853° N, 74.2062° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ADIRONDACK RGNL (SLK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3853&lon=-74.2062&mi=10
- Aircraft: N107SP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N107SP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182R (registry code 2072731, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182R
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910328013769I

## Narrative

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

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

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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