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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 172M · Lawrence, KS · February 13, 1981

Date
February 13, 1981 · 18:15 local
Place
Lawrence, KS
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N1982V
NTSB investigation
NTSBMKC81FA019
Reported as
Cessna 172M
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
105 total49 in this make and model12 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.

Struck wires flying over river at tree top level. Tumbled end over end and crashed inverted in river.

As the FAA filed it

STRUCK WIRES FLYING OVER RIVER AT TREE TOP LEVEL. TUMBLED END OVER END AND CRASHED INVERTED IN RIVER.

NTSB investigation

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