# Incident 20190319024469I: Cessna 172S, Ocf, FL, March 19, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 19, 2019, 22:12 local time
- Place: Ocf, FL
- Airport: Kocf
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N527ND, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N527ND) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Flight instructor
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190319024469I

## Narrative

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

CFI-PILOT WAS FLIGHT INSTRUCTING IN IMC CONDITIONS AND WAS APPROXIMATLEY 15-20 MILES EAST OF OCALA, FL AT 4000 FEET. HE HAPPENED TO LOOK OUT AT THAT MOMENT AND SAW A RED DRONE PASS BENEATH HIS WING. HE STATED IT WAS ABOUT THE SIZE OF A C-172 TIRE. THE DRONE WAS TRAVELING WEST. HE REPORTED IT TO DAB.

## Other reports on N527ND (1)

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

- [Incident 20170127002829I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170127002829I), Jan 27, 2017: Cessna 172S (N527ND), Crookston, MN, No damage. While flying at 1900 MSL on a training flight, the instructor pilot and student heard a loud bang and the engine began to run rough, within seconds the…

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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