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Incident

FAA incident report · Amrgen AA-5B · Mount Pleasant, MI · September 4, 2004

Date
September 4, 2004 · 13:15 local
Place
Mount Pleasant, MI
Airport
Mount Pleasant Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N4531B
Reported as
Amrgen AA5B
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
283 total200 in this make and model39 in the last 90 days

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) Pilot had difficulty reading back amended clearance mbs reported that he did not have instrument rating based on isis data base search. Investigation showed that pilot received his instrument rating on 8/5/2004, and file has not been processed by airman records yet so it is not reflected in isis data base. Aircraft had IFR certified GPS data base. Pilot had difficulty finding intersection as it is located on the seam between charts. Pilot counseled on better preflight planning and cockpit organization, and referred to safety program manager, for safety seminar locations.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT HAD DIFFICULTY READING BACK AMENDED CLEARANCE MBS REPORTED THAT HE DID NOT HAVE INSTRUMENT RATING BASED ON ISIS DATA BASE SEARCH. INVESTIGATION SHOWED THAT PILOT RECEIVED HIS INSTRUMENT RATING ON 8/5/2004, AND FILE HAS NOT BEEN PROCESSED BY AIRMAN RECORDS YET SO IT IS NOT REFLECTED IN ISIS DATA BASE. AIRCRAFT HAD IFR CERTIFIED GPS DATA BASE. PILOT HAD DIFFICULTY FINDING INTERSECTION AS IT IS LOCATED ON THE SEAM BETWEEN CHARTS. PILOT COUNSELED ON BETTER PREFLIGHT PLANNING AND COCKPIT ORGANIZATION, AND REFERRED TO SAFETY PROGRAM MANAGER, FOR SAFETY SEMINAR LOCATIONS.