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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 172H · Mobile, AL · April 13, 1996

Date
April 13, 1996 · 11:45 local
Place
Mobile, AL
Airport
Brookley
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N2744L
Reported as
Cessna 172H
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,600 total3,500 in this make and model35 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.

Narrative: while on an IFR flight the pilot had a partial power loss. An emergency landing was safely performed at Mobile downtown airport. The aircraft landed safely on a closed runway 18. There were no communications with downtown tower. The throttle cable was repaired and the aircraft departed for its destination.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: WHILE ON AN IFR FLIGHT THE PILOT HAD A PARTIAL POWER LOSS. AN EMERGENCY LANDING WAS SAFELY PERFORMED AT MOBILE DOWNTOWN AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY ON A CLOSED RUNWAY 18. THERE WERE NO COMMUNICATIONS WITH DOWNTOWN TOWER. THE THROTTLE CABLE WAS REPAIRED AND THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED FOR ITS DESTINATION.