19810113001929A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172K · Dothan, AL · January 13, 1981

Date
January 13, 1981 · 17:20 local
Place
Dothan, AL
Airport
Wheelless
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N78803
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL81DKJ06
Reported as
Cessna 172K
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,082 total7 in this make and model7 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot allowed aircraft to touch down short of runway causing substantial damge.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT ALLOWED AIRCRAFT TO TOUCH DOWN SHORT OF RUNWAY CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMGE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.