# Incident 20021107035259I: Amtr CHRISTAVIAMK, Harrison, OH, November 7, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 7, 2002, 20:58 local time
- Place: Harrison, OH
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2566° N, 84.7862° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Harrison, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2566&lon=-84.7862&mi=10
- Aircraft: N153AB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N153AB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Button Richard M CHRISTAVIA MK-I (registry code 05616CZ, https://openairdocs.org/model/button-richard-m-christavia-mk-i) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR CHRISTAVIAMK
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 140 total, 88 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021107035259I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT ENCOUNTERED UNDERCAST CONDITIONS AND BREAKS IN CLOUDS WERE BEYOND HIS FUEL RANGE. HE DECIDED TO ACCEPT HEADING AND DESCENT THROUGH CLOUDS TO VFR CONDITIONS. PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS IN CLOUDS FOR 30 TO 45 SECONDS.

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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