# Accident 19810203002522A: Cessna 172N, Fort Lauderdale, FL, February 3, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 3, 1981, 16:08 local time
- Place: Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: Executive
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1223° N, 80.1434° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Lauderdale, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1223&lon=-80.1434&mi=10
- Aircraft: N739DV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N739DV-1983-11-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 21 total, 21 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA81FA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA81FA042) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810203002522A

## Narrative

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

ON TOUCH AND GO, CLIMBED INTO COLLISION WITH N4484 THAT WAS ON GO AROUND OVER RUNWAY. ATC FAILED TO ISSUE WARNING.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N4484, Cessna 421: [Accident 19810203002521A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810203002521A)

## 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 MIA81FA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA81FA042), Feb 3, 1981: Cessna 172 (N739DV), Ft Lauderdale, FL, destroyed, 6 fatal

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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