# Incident 19971003042149I: Cessna 182Q, Sandusky, OH, October 3, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 3, 1997, 11:58 local time
- Place: Sandusky, OH
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4559° N, 82.7144° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sandusky, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4559&lon=-82.7144&mi=10
- Aircraft: N97046, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N97046) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182Q (registry code 2072732, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 350 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971003042149I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ATC INDICATED PILOT HAD ENTERED RESTRICTED WITH ANOTHER AIRCRAFT (N9260K), HOWEVER N97046 WAS SQUAWKING STANDBY ON THE TRANSPONDER AND WAS NOT TRACKED THROUGH RESTRICTED AREA. PILOT INDICATED HE DID NOT ENTER RESTRICTED AIRSPACE. NOT ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO "PUT" PILOT IN THE RESTRICTED AREA.

## Other reports on N97046 (1)

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

- [Accident 19920707023999A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920707023999A), Jul 7, 1992: Cessna 182Q (N97046), Melstone, MT, Substantial damage. Landed on rough tall grass strip by mistake. Nosed over. Soft wet ground. Air strip destination other side of town.

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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