# Incident 19810301016469I: Cessna 172, Dambury, CT, March 1, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 1, 1981, 11:45 local time
- Place: Dambury, CT
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ops On Grnd From Ldg/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N5257F (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 673 total, 340 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810301016469I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO A GRASSY TIE DOWN AREA; LEFT MAIN AND NOSE GEAR SANK IN SOFT GROUND; DAMAGE TO LEFT WING, PROP.

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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