# Incident 20090406012189I: Cessna 172, Ellsinore, MO, April 6, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 6, 2009, 20:49 local time
- Place: Ellsinore, MO
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.9328° N, 90.7477° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ellsinore, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9328&lon=-90.7477&mi=10
- Aircraft: CGFJH (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 78 total, 78 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090406012189I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STOLE THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE CONFEDERATION COLLEGE FLIGHT SCHOOL, THUNDER BAY, ONTARIO CANADA.  HE FLEW A SOUTHERLY COURSE AND CROSSED THE US-CANADIAN BORDER.  AFTER CROSSING INTO THE UNITED STATES HE WAS INTERCEPTED BY F-16'S.  THE PILOT DID NOT RESPOND TO THE F-16'S ATTEMPTS AT COMMUNICATION.  HE FLEW A COURSE WHICH TOOK HIM THROUGH THE AIRSPACE OF WISCONSIN, ILLINOIS AND MISSOURI.  THE PILOT EVENTUALLY LANDED IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI ON ROUTE FF APPROXIMATELY 8 MILES WEST OF ELLSINORE, MISSOURI AT APPROXIMAMTELY 1949 CDT.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEADING EDGE OF THE LEFT WING TIP FAIRING.  THE IIC CONTACTED THE ASSISTANT U.S. ATTORNEY IN ST. LOUIS TO REQUEST AN INTERVIEW WITH THE PILOT.  THE ASSISTANT U.S. ATTORNEY STATED HE WOULD PASS ON THE REQUEST TO THE PILOT'S DEFENSE ATTORNEY WHEN HE WAS ASSIGNED LEGAL COUNSEL.  THE PILOT IS IN CUSTODY OF U.S. OFFICIALS.

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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