# Incident 20020917036549I: Cessna 401A, Indianapolis, IN, September 17, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 2002, 19:15 local time
- Place: Indianapolis, IN
- Airport: Eagle Creek Airpark Airport
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8307° N, 86.2944° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EAGLE CREEK AIRPARK (EYE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8307&lon=-86.2944&mi=10
- Aircraft: N531MH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N531MH-2015-05-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 401A (registry code 207590D, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-401a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 401A
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020917036549I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WITNESS REPORTED SEEING CESSNA CE-401 N531MH DEPART EAGLE CREEK AIRPORT WITHOUT ANY LIGHTS AFTER DARK. AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL WAS ONLY ABLE TO SKIN PAINT THE AIRPLANE ON RADAR NO RADIO CALLS WERE EVER RECEIVED FROM THE AIRPLANE. IT IS BELIEVED THE AIRPLANE WAS FLOWN IN AN UN-AIRWORTHY CONDITION, AFTER DARK WITH THE ELECTRIC SYSTEM INOPERATIVE. THE OPERATION IS CONTRARY TO THE FEDERAL AVIATION REGULATIONS.

## Other reports on N531MH (1)

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

- [Accident 20111112027299A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111112027299A), Nov 12, 2011: Cessna 401A (N531MH), Gladewater, TX, Substantial damage. On November 12, 2011 approximately 2630 central standard time, a Cessna 401, N531HM, registered to and operated by [privacy data omitted] was destroyed during…

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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