# Accident 19810131003599A: Cessna 172N, Sandusky, OH, January 31, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 31, 1981, 10:30 local time
- Place: Sandusky, OH
- Airport: Griffin
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 41.4559° N, 82.7144° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sandusky, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4559&lon=-82.7144&mi=10
- Aircraft: N733AN, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N733AN) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 155 total, 73 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI81FEI11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FEI11) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810131003599A

## Narrative

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

BOUNCED ON LANDING, PORPOISED, RAN OFF RUNWAY INTO A SNOWBANK.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI81FEI11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FEI11), Jan 31, 1981: Cessna 172N (N733AN), Sandusky, OH, substantial damage

## Other reports on N733AN (2)

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

- [Accident 19850309029429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850309029429A), Mar 9, 1985: Cessna 172N (N733AN), Temple, TX, Destroyed. Student on unauthorized crosscountry night flight with a passenger landed hard. Nose tire blown, firewall wrinkled.
- [Incident 19790225007689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790225007689I), Feb 25, 1979: Cessna 172N (N733AN), West Chicago, IL, Minor damage. Aircraft seat slid back and instructor could not retain directional control. Ran into snowbank on rollout.

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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