# Incident 19960131006299I: Cessna 172N, Brevard, NC, January 31, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 31, 1996, 13:00 local time
- Place: Brevard, NC
- Airport: Brevard Airport
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2226° N, 82.7268° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Brevard Airport (NC16), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2226&lon=-82.7268&mi=10
- Aircraft: N176ER, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N176ER) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 125 total, 70 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/19960131006299I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: WITNESSES REPORTED SEEING A BLUE AND WHITE CE-172 MAKING A VERY LOW PASS OVER BREVARD COLLEGE, BREVARD, NC, AT APPROXIMATELY 1:00 PM ON JANUARY 31, 1996. ONE WITNESS RECOGNIZED THE AIRCRAFT AS ONE AVAILABLE FOR RENT FROM AEROLINA, INC. OF HENDERSONVILLE, NC. TWO WITNESSES OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT OPERATING AT APPROXIMATELY 400-500 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND DIRECTLY OVER THE COLLEGE CAMPUS. INVESTIGATION INDICATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS RENTED FROM AEROLINA, INC. BY CHRISTOPHER R. PETERSON WHO ADMITTED HE HAD BEEN ACTING AS PILOT-IN-COMMAND AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. MR. PETERSON HAD A PASSENGER ON BOARD DURING THE FLIGHT. MR. PETERSON HAS BEEN COUNSELED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N176ER (1)

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

- [Accident 19800704025849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800704025849A), Jul 4, 1980: Cessna 172N (N176ER), Brooksville, FL, Substantial damage. Student pilot lost directional control during landing and aircraft flipped inverted.

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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