# Incident 19980402009099I: Cessna 182F, Youngstown, OH, April 2, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 2, 1998, 16:11 local time
- Place: Youngstown, OH
- Airport: Youngstown Municipal
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0998° N, 80.6495° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Youngstown, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0998&lon=-80.6495&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3509U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3509U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182F (registry code 2072714, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182F
- Reported engine: CONT O470R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 460 total, 280 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980402009099I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT DEPARTED HOME BASE, AKR, IN N3509U, IFR TO K29D. LEVEL @ 7000' YNG ATC ADVISED PILOT TO ADVISE WHEN HE WOULD LIKE TO START DOWN. PILOT THOUGHT THIS WAS A CLEARANCE TO DESCEND AT HIS DISCRETION. PILOT DESCENDED FROM 7000' ATC CALLED HIM WHEN HE WAS @ 6700 FEET. ALSO, ATC ASSIGNED N3509U A HEADING FOR DESTINATION. PILOT USED ONBOARD GP5 INFORMATION TO NAVIGATE INSTEAD OF ATC ASSIGNED HEADING. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

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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