# Incident 20100120028369I: Cessna 182R, Akron, OH, January 20, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 20, 2010, 19:10 local time
- Place: Akron, OH
- Airport: Akron Canton Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.9151° N, 81.4436° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AKRON-CANTON RGNL (CAK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9151&lon=-81.4436&mi=10
- Aircraft: N38180, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N38180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182R (registry code 2072731, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182R
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 197 total, 17 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100120028369I

## Narrative

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

PILOT BECAME LOST / DISORIENTED WHILE PRACTICING MANEUVERS.  PILOT FLEW DEAD RECKONING ON HEADING THOUGHT TO TAKE HER BACK TOWARD AKRON FULTON INTL. AIRPORT.  UPON SEEING THE APPROACH LIGHTS IN THE DISTANCE, APPROX. 5 MILES BY HER ESTIMATION, SHE DETERMINED HER POSITION NORTH OF AKRON CANTON AIRPORT.  THE PILOT PROCEEDED TO RETURN HOME TO AKR.  PILOT ADMITS THAT SHE WAS DISORIENTED AND LOST.

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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