# Incident 20100803055509I: Cessna 172P, Kenai, AK, August 3, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 2010, 13:26 local time
- Place: Kenai, AK
- Airport: Kenai
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: BR8S
- Location: 60.5733° N, 151.2448° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KENAI MUNI (ENA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.5733&lon=-151.2448&mi=10
- Aircraft: N63541, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N63541-2017-10-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 25 total, 25 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100803055509I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT FLEW INTO IMC CONDITIONS, CONTACTED ATC, RECEIVED RADAR ASSISTANCE BACK INTO VMC CONDITIONS AND LANDED SAFELY.

## Other reports on N63541 (3)

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

- [Accident 20160420008349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160420008349A), Apr 20, 2016: Cessna 172P (N63541), Chugiak, AK, Destroyed, 4 fatal. The aircraft departed birchwood airport at approximately 0845 Alaska daylight time. The flight was being conducted for aerial photography and had four people…
- [Accident 20030704037289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030704037289A), Jul 4, 2003: Cessna 172P (N63541), Seldovia, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) During the landing roll out on runway 16 at Seldovia Airport the pilot applied brakes resulting in the aircraft yawing to the left. The pilot released…
- [Accident 19910207002979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910207002979A), Feb 7, 1991: Cessna 172P (N63541), Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. Lost control on a touch and go. Veered off runway into a snowbank and nosed over.

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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