# Accident 19810218004629A: Cessna 172P, Woodbury, TN, February 18, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 18, 1981, 10:30 local time
- Place: Woodbury, TN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.8247° N, 86.0724° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Woodbury, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8247&lon=-86.0724&mi=10
- Aircraft: N51095, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N51095-2013-06-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 630 total, 78 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL81FA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FA048) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810218004629A

## Narrative

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

VFR PILOT PROCEEDED INTO IMC IN MOUNTAIN TERRAIN. STRUCK TREES NEAR MOUNTAIN-TOP, IN LEVEL FLIGHT.

## 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 ATL81FA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FA048), Feb 18, 1981: Cessna 172P (N51095), Woodbury, TN, 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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