# Accident 19810204002849A: Cessna 172N, Bellingham, WA, February 4, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 4, 1981, 16:25 local time
- Place: Bellingham, WA
- Airport: International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.7534° N, 122.4702° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bellingham, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.7534&lon=-122.4702&mi=10
- Aircraft: N738HU, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N738HU-2014-11-17) (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: 260 total, 260 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA81DYE13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA81DYE13) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810204002849A

## Narrative

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

VFR PILOT BECAME DISORIENTED ON FINAL APPROACH DUE TO GROUND FOG. LEFT WING HIT GROUND. CRASHED SHORT OF RUNWAY.

## 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 SEA81DYE13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA81DYE13), Feb 4, 1981: Cessna 172 (N738HU), Bellingham, WA, destroyed

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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