# Incident 19970502013099I: Cessna 340A, Waterloo, IA, May 2, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 2, 1997, 11:00 local time
- Place: Waterloo, IA
- Airport: Waterloo Municipal
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5584° N, 92.4010° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WATERLOO RGNL (ALO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5584&lon=-92.4010&mi=10
- Aircraft: N32PT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N32PT-2005-08-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 340A (registry code 2076405, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340A
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,113 total, 46 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970502013099I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AT APPROXIMATELY 1100 CDT ON MAY 2, 1997, N32PT, A CE-340 DEPARTED IFR FROM RUNWAY 12 AT WATERLOO, IOWA (ALO) TO KANSAS CITY, MO (MKCS). APPROXIMATELY TEN MILES SOUTH OF WATERLOO, THE PILOT REPORTED HIS INSTRUMENTS WERE UNSTABLE. HE STATED IN A RADIO TRANSMISSION "THE NEEDLES WERE SPINNING". HE WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ASSIGNED ALTITUDE OR HEADING. WEATHER AT WATERLOO WAS MARGINAL VFR. THE AIRCRAFT WAS GIVEN RADAR VECTORS TO VFR CONDITIONS IN THE IOWA FALLS, IOWA AREA. HE COULD NOT MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT (HEADING OR ALTITUDE). THE CONTROLLER GOT THE PILOT TO TURN ON THE AUTOPILOT IN AN EFFORT TO REGAIN CONTROL. THE PILOT DID THAT AND WAS ABLE TO GET THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO WATERLOO WITH ATC ASSISTANCE. UPON EXAMINATION OF MR. HOGAN'S PILOT LOGBOOK, IT APPEARS HE DID NOT HAVE THE CURRENCY REQUIREMENTS TO CARRY PASSENGERS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FAR'S. ALSO, DURING AN EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT AND ENGINE LOGBOOKS, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT AT LEAST ONE AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE HAS BEEN OVERFLOWN. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT. INCIDENT REPORT NUMBER: ICE01970020

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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