# Accident 19810213005449A: Cessna 172M, Lawrence, KS, February 13, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 13, 1981, 18:15 local time
- Place: Lawrence, KS
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9717° N, 95.2353° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lawrence, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9717&lon=-95.2353&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1982V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1982V-1983-08-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 105 total, 49 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC81FA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC81FA019) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810213005449A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 MKC81FA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC81FA019), Feb 13, 1981: Cessna 172 (N1982V), Lawrence, KS, destroyed, 1 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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