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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172 · Mineral Wells, TX · October 1, 2009

Date
October 1, 2009 · 12:08 local
Place
Mineral Wells, TX
Phase of flight
Maneuver
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N46AF
Reported as
Cessna 172
Reported engine
Continental IO360*
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
750 total650 in this make and model150 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.

On October 1, 2009 at 1208 local time a C-172, N46AF owned and operated by American flyers flight school had an altitude deviation while in a holding pattern over Mineral Wells VOR on an IFR training flight with IFR weather conditions prevailing. The aircraft sustained no damage and the crew and passengers received no injuries. The pilot holds a commercial pilot certificate and certified flight instructor certificate. The IFR flight originated from fort worth meacham airport.

As the FAA filed it

ON OCTOBER 1, 2009 AT 1208 LOCAL TIME A C-172, N46AF OWNED AND OPERATED BY AMERICAN FLYERS FLIGHT SCHOOL HAD AN ALTITUDE DEVIATION WHILE IN A HOLDING PATTERN OVER MINERAL WELLS VOR ON AN IFR TRAINING FLIGHT WITH IFR WEATHER CONDITIONS PREVAILING. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED NO DAMAGE AND THE CREW AND PASSENGERS RECEIVED NO INJURIES. THE PILOT HOLDS A COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE AND CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR CERTIFICATE. THE IFR FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM FORT WORTH MEACHAM AIRPORT.