# Incident 19951012043399I: Cessna 172N, Youngstown, OH, October 12, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 12, 1995, 14:15 local time
- Place: Youngstown, OH
- Airport: Youngstown Municipal
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0998° N, 80.6495° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Youngstown, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0998&lon=-80.6495&mi=10
- Aircraft: N739VG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N739VG) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYC O320H2AD
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951012043399I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON OCTOBER 12, 1995, AT 1415 EDT, A CESSNA 172, N739VG, REGISTERED TO PAUNI CONSTRUCTION CO. INC., AND PILOTED BY NICHOLAS JOSEPH PLANIN WAS CLEARED FOR A RESTRICTED LOW APPROACH TO RUNWAY 14 AT YOUNGSTOWN WARREN AIRPORT. N739VG WAS CLEARED FOR THE LOW APPROACH AT ABOVE 1700 MSL AND DEVIATED FROM THAT CLEARANCE BY DESCENDING TO APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET ABOVE THE RUNWAY BEFORE BEING TOLD TO GO AROUND BY THE YOUNGSTOWN LOCAL CONTROLLER. RUNWAY 14 WAS CLOSED FOR CONSTRUCTION. THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN CLEARED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 23 AND LINED UP ON AND FINALLY LANDED ON RUNWAY 19. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED AND THE PRIVATE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE PRIVATE PILOT DID NOT HOLD A CURRENT MEDICAL CERTIFICATE. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT GREENVILLE, PA AND WAS ENROUTE TO YOUNGSTOWN, OH. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED WITH SUBMISSION OF THIS REPORT.

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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