# Incident 20040114006999I: Cessna 182L, Toledo, OH, January 14, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 14, 2004
- Place: Toledo, OH
- Airport: Toledo Express
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6639° N, 83.5552° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Toledo, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6639&lon=-83.5552&mi=10
- Aircraft: N42875, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N42875) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182L (registry code 2072726, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182L
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 770 total, 500 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040114006999I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT RECEIVED WEATHER BRIEFING WHICH ADVISED OF MVFR AND IFR CONDITIONS ALONG ROUTE OF FLIGHT, WITH SOLID CLOUD LAYER 2400 TO 7500 FT WITH ICING. PILOT CONTACTED ATC OVER LAKE EIRE AND STATED HE HAD "CLIMBED THROUGH A THIN LAYER TO GET ON TOP". WHEN PILOT CONTINUED VFR ADVISORIES IN TOLEDO AREA ATC DIRECTED HIM TO STOP HIS "VFR" DESCENT FOR IFR TRAFFIC AND PILOT STATED HE WAS IN THE CLOUDS. PILOT TOLD ATC HE WAS IFR CAPABLE BUT DECLINED A CLEARANCE. PILOT CONTINUED DESCENT TOWARDS HIS DESTINATION OF SKY. ATC HAD TO REDIRECTO TWO COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT OUT OF HIS WAY. PILOT WAS NOT AMENABLE TO AN IFR CLEARANCE AND ONLY ASKED "WHEN HE MIGHT BREAKE OUT". AGAIN PILOT STATED HE WAS IFR ABLE BUT TOO BUSY TO GET A CLEARANCE. WHEN PILOT INTERFERED WITH AIRCRAFT ON THE ILS INTO TOL THE CONTROLLER ATTEMPTED TO GET HIM TO ACCEPT A CLEARANCE AND PILOT ADMITTED HE WASN'T INSTRUMENT RATED. ATC DECLARED AN EMERGENCY ON HIS BEHALF. THE PILOT WANTED TO CONTINUE HIS DESCENT TOWARDS THE LAKE AND ONLY WHEN THE CONTROLLER TOLD HIM THERE WERE ANTENNAS IN HIS PATH DID HE ACCEPT CONTROLLERS INSTRUCTIONS. CONTROLLER GUIDED AIRCRAFT TO A SHORT FINAL AT MINIMUM ALTITUDE AT TDZ WHERE HE BROKE OUT AND LANDED VFR.

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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