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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172P · Sidney, OH · September 13, 1997

Date
September 13, 1997 · 17:00 local
Place
Sidney, OH
Airport
Sidney Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N96180
Reported as
Cessna 172P
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
120 total110 in this make and model23 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: airworthiness: post incident maintenance revealed insect debris blockage within pitot tubehead. privacy data omitted Airman competence: witness account reported airmens radio communication expressed tones of extreme panic. Airmens flight proficiency lacked demonstration of equipment malfunction.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: AIRWORTHINESS: POST INCIDENT MAINTENANCE REVEALED INSECT DEBRIS BLOCKAGE WITHIN PITOT TUBEHEAD. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AIRMAN COMPETENCE: WITNESS ACCOUNT REPORTED AIRMENS RADIO COMMUNICATION EXPRESSED TONES OF EXTREME PANIC. AIRMENS FLIGHT PROFICIENCY LACKED DEMONSTRATION OF EQUIPMENT MALFUNCTION.