# Incident 20100208028049I: Cessna 172R, Fort Worth, TX, February 8, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 8, 2010, 18:49 local time
- Place: Fort Worth, TX
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7254° N, 97.3208° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Worth, TX, within about 11 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7254&lon=-97.3208&mi=10
- Aircraft: N46AF (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172R
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 110 total, 110 in this make and model, 110 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100208028049I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, DEPARTED FORT WORTH MEACHAM (FTW) AIRPORT, ON FEBRUARY 8, 2010, AT 1849 CST, ON AN IFR FLIGHT TO MESQUITE, TX (HQZ) IN A CESSNA 172, N46AF.  THE WEATHER BRIEFING DID NOT INDICATE ICING.  ATC ASSIGNED A ALTITUDE OF 4,000 FEET.  THE OUTSIDE AIR TEMPERATURE WAS -1C IN IMC FLYING CONDITIONS.  THE PILOT NOTED LIGHT ICING ON THE LEADING EDGE OF THE WING.  THE PILOT REQUESTED A LOWER ALTITUDE.  ATC ASSIGNED 3000 FEET.  AT 3000 FT THE PILOT REQUEST ANOTHER LOWER ALTITUDE.  ATC THEN ASSIGNED 2,300 FEET.  AFTER LEVELING AT 2,300 THE PILOT DECENDED TO 1,500 WHILE PROCEEDING TO SPINKS AIRPORT (FWS).  WHEN LEAVING 2,300 FEET ATC DECLARED N46AF AN EMERGENCY AIRCRAFT.  THE PILOT ENCOUNTERD VFR CONDITIONS AT 2,300 FEET AND VISUALLY LOCATED SPINKS AIRPORT.  HE PROCEEDED DIRECTLY TO THE AIRPORT BUT WAS UNABLE TO CONTACT ATC BY RADIO TO INFORM THEM OF HIS INTENTION.  HE CONTACTED THE TOWER, LANDED, AND CALLED APPROACH CONTROL AFTER LANDING.

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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