# Accident 19810315010259A: Cessna 172G, Clarksville, IN, March 15, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 15, 1981, 21:30 local time
- Place: Clarksville, IN
- Airport: Hap'S
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3388° N, 85.7578° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Hap's Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3388&lon=-85.7578&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4415L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4415L-1989-06-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172G (registry code 2072420, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172G
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 646 total, 414 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI81DEX07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81DEX07) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810315010259A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT CRASHED AT NIGHT WHEN PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING NIGHT LANDING ON UNLIGHTED RUNWAY.

## 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 CHI81DEX07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81DEX07), Mar 15, 1981: Cessna 172G (N4415L), Clarksville, IN, substantial damage

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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