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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 182R · Mobile, AL · August 12, 2002

Date: August 12, 2002 · 08:45 local
Place: Mobile, AL
Airport: Bates Field
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N9355X
Reported as: Cessna 182R
Reported engine: Continental O470*
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 8,000 total200 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

N9355XRegistered now · Cessna 182RS/N 18268501 · Built 1985 Airframe modelCessna 182R Engine modelContinental O-470 seriesReciprocating

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.

(-23) Civil air patrol (cap) aircraft struck approach lights while landing on runway 14 at Mobile bate field (mob). Pilot stated that the aircraft was caught in downdraft while on final approach to landing, power was added to break the descent but not before striking the VASI lights located at the 1200 ft. and 1000 ft. marks. Pilot also stated that he heard a noise and thought he had hit a powerline. Aircraft received minor damage and no injuries or fatalities reported. privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

(-23) CIVIL AIR PATROL (CAP) AIRCRAFT STRUCK APPROACH LIGHTS WHILE LANDING ON RUNWAY 14 AT MOBILE BATE FIELD (MOB). PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS CAUGHT IN DOWNDRAFT WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH TO LANDING, POWER WAS ADDED TO BREAK THE DESCENT BUT NOT BEFORE STRIKING THE VASI LIGHTS LOCATED AT THE 1200 FT. AND 1000 FT. MARKS. PILOT ALSO STATED THAT HE HEARD A NOISE AND THOUGHT HE HAD HIT A POWERLINE. AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES OR FATALITIES REPORTED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^