# Incident 19961106045079I: Cessna A188B, Ft Lauderdale, FL, November 6, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 6, 1996, 17:02 local time
- Place: Ft Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: Ft Lauderdale Executive
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1973° N, 80.1707° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT LAUDERDALE EXEC (FXE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1973&lon=-80.1707&mi=10
- Aircraft: N731EG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N731EG-1996-11-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A188B (registry code 2073005, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A188B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961106045079I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: N731EG PILOTED BY JOHN MELLISH ENTERED FXE AIRSPACE WITHOUT FIRST OBTAINING A CLEARANCE. PILOT INDICATED HE HAD NO RADIO COMMUNICATIONS WITH FXE CONTROL TWR(SEE ALSO "PERSONNEL STATEMENTS" 2 FROM FXE ATCT PERSONN EL.) PILOT STATED HE WAS FERRYING AN AGRICULTURAL AIRCRAFT AND HAD A RADIO FAILURE.

## Other reports on N731EG (1)

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

- [Accident 19820707026079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820707026079A), Jul 7, 1982: Cessna 188CESSNA (N731EG), Lula, MS, Substantial damage. Vertical stabilizer and rudder caught powerline and separated from aircraft as pilot flew under wires on swath run.

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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