# Accident 19810310009079A: Cessna 172N, Lake Geneva, WI, March 10, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 10, 1981, 20:58 local time
- Place: Lake Geneva, WI
- Airport: Playboy
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5825° N, 88.4268° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lake Geneva, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5825&lon=-88.4268&mi=10
- Aircraft: N733XU, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N733XU-1981-04-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 80 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI81FA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FA034) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810310009079A

## Narrative

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

UNDER INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL, VFR PILOT DEPARTED INTO HEAVY SNOWFALL AT NIGHT. LOST CONTROL. HIGH SPEED GROUND IMPACT

## 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 CHI81FA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FA034), Mar 10, 1981: Cessna 172 (N733XU), Lake Geneva, WI, destroyed, 2 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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