# Incident 19961027036649I: Cessna 182C, Dubois, PA, October 27, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 27, 1996, 13:35 local time
- Place: Dubois, PA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Scud Running
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1222° N, 78.7551° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of DuBois, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1222&lon=-78.7551&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8464T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8464T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182C (registry code 2072708, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 310 total, 125 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961027036649I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT STATED; HE DEPARTED STRIP-MINE FIELD AT 10:30, ENCOUNTERED FOG, TURNED SOUTH TO CLEARFIELD AIRPORT, MISSED IT , TURNED EAST FOR 20 MINUTES THEN TURNED BACK TO THE WEST - TRIED TO FIND CLARION AIRPORT, MISSED IT, TURNED EAST AGAIN, CALLED DUBOIS FSS AND GOT VECTOR TO DUBOIS AIRPORT. PILOT KNEW THAT HE COULD NOT LAND AT DUBOIS AND SPOTTED THE STRIP-MINE AND LANDED AT STRIP-MINE. INVESTIGATION OF THIS INCIDENT CONFIRMS THAT THE PILOT ENCOUNTERED IFR CONDITIONS AND MADE AN OFF AIRPORT LANDING. DURING THE LANDING R/H MAINTIRE STRUCK A CABLE AND WAS DAMAGED. SUBMISSION OF THIS REPORT CLOSES THIS INCIDENT.

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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