19810125007259I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172K · Port Aransas, TX · January 25, 1981

Date: January 25, 1981 · 08:45 local
Place: Port Aransas, TX
Airport: Mustang Beach
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N84187
Reported as: Cessna 172K
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 40 total7 in this make and model5 in the last 90 days

N84187Registration cancelled Jul 9, 2013 · Cessna 172KS/N 17258370 · Built 1969 Airframe modelCessna 172K Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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.

Hard landing on touchdown due to improper level off from sun glare.

As the FAA filed it

HARD LANDING ON TOUCHDOWN DUE TO IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FROM SUN GLARE.