# Incident 20210329010379I: Cessna 182H, Wilkes_barre Sc, PA, March 29, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 29, 2021, 20:08 local time
- Place: Wilkes_barre Sc, PA
- Airport: Hazleton Regional
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.9868° N, 75.9947° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HAZLETON RGNL (HZL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9868&lon=-75.9947&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2458X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2458X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182H (registry code 2072718, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182H
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 303 total, 163 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210329010379I

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 29, 2021, PIC ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS CONCLUDING A FLIGHT FROM PRINCETON AIRPORT (39N), NJ, TO HAZLETON REGIONAL AIRPORT (HZL), PA, IN N2458X, A CE-182H. THE FLIGHT WAS  CONDUCTED ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN. THE AIRCRAFT WAS HANDED OFF FROM ABE TO AVP APPROACH. THE AIRCRAFT WAS CLEARED INTO HZL VIA THE RNAV RWY 28 APPROACH AND GIVEN IFR CANCELLATION PROCEDURES PRIOR TO FREQUENCY CHANGE TO HZL CTAF.  THE AVP RADAR POSITION CONTROLLER OBSERVED THE N2458X RADAR TARGET DROP OFF HIS SCOPE EAST OF HZL. THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH LANDING AT THE AIRPORT AT 2008L. NOTHING ABNORMAL WAS OBSERVED WHILE THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON APPROACH TO HZL; HOWEVER, IFR CANCELLATION HAD NOT BEEN RECEIVED AS PRESCRIBED BY 14 CFR 91. 169(D) 15 MINUTES AFTER EXPECTED LANDING. AFTER 28 MINUTES, ATTEMPTS BEGAN TO CONTACT THE PILOT, AIRPORT MANAGEMENT, AND THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE. THE ZNY WATCH DESK WAS CONTACTED TO ISSUE AN ALNOT FOR AN OVERDUE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRPORT MANAGER EVENTUALLY DISCOVERED THE AIRCRAFT INSIDE AN AIRPORT HANGAR. PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FINALLY CONTACTED AVP TRACON BY TELEPHONE AT 2146L TO ADIVSE HE LANDED SAFELY AND TO CANCEL HIS IFR FLIGHT PLAN.

SAS TASK, PTRS & RECORDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE EVENT:

T-EA05-FY21-0147, EA05202102211, EA05202102220, IEA0520210018

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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