# Incident 20040914031019I: Cessna R182, Willow Grove, PA, September 14, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 14, 2004, 19:25 local time
- Place: Willow Grove, PA
- Airport: Willow Grove Nas
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1472° N, 75.1169° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Willow Grove, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1472&lon=-75.1169&mi=10
- Aircraft: N736RE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N736RE-2022-06-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R182 (registry code 2072734, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R182
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 747 total, 185 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040914031019I

## Narrative

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

(-23) INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT WERE ON A TRAINING FLIGHT IN 736RE, A CESSNA R182, IT WAS DUSK AND THE WEATHER WAS VFR. WITH THE INTENTION TO PRACTICE THE NDB RWY 23 APPROACH TO DOYLESTOWN (DYL), THEY INCORRECTLY TRACKED OUTBOUND FROM THE YARDLEY VOR ON THE 270 DEGREE RADIAL RATHER THAN THE 307 DEGREE RADIAL AS PUBLISHED. THIS MISTAKE WENT UNNOTICED AND RESULTED IN N736RE BEING LOCATED IN THE AREA OF WILLOW GROVE NAVAL AIR STATION WHICH WAS BELIEVED TO BE DOYLESTOWN. WILLOW GROVE TOWER UNSUCCESSFULLY TRIED TO COMMUNICATE WITH N736RE ON THE RADIO AND WITH LIGHT GUN SIGNALS NOT TO LAND, BUT THE INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT DID NOT SEE THE LIGHT GUN AND STILL THINKING THEY WERE AT DOYLESTOWN PROCEEDED TO ENTER THE PATTERN AND LAND. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N736RE (4)

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

- [Incident 20071012022039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071012022039I), Oct 12, 2007: Cessna R182 (N736RE), Readington, NJ, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot was practicing take off and landings at the Solberg airport (N51), Readington, new jersey. Pilot was distracted upon landing and failed to extend…
- [Incident 19970810034529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970810034529I), Aug 10, 1997: Cessna R182 (N736RE), Marthas Vineyar, MA. Narrative: preflight of aircraft was normal, taxied to end of runway, runup was satisfactory. Normal takeoff. Preparing to enter cruise climb noticed loss of…
- [Incident 19850204007499I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850204007499I), Feb 4, 1985: Cessna R182 (N736RE), Red Hook, NY, Minor damage. During rollout aircraft hit patch of ice veering into deep snow wingtip struck small tree.
- [Incident 19790315009549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790315009549I), Mar 15, 1979: Cessna R182 (N736RE), Rochester, NY. Forced landing after engine quit. Found water particles in fuel

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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