# Incident 19810316025659I: Cessna 172N, Santa Ana, CA, March 16, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 16, 1981, 14:35 local time
- Place: Santa Ana, CA
- Airport: John Wayne
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7368° N, 117.8829° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Ana, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7368&lon=-117.8829&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5191J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5191J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 95 total, 42 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/19810316025659I

## Narrative

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

DURING TAXI STUDENT PILOT LOST CONTROL AND STRUCK BOUNDRY FENCE.

## Other reports on N5191J (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19921011048539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921011048539I), Oct 11, 1992: Cessna 172N (N5191J), Schenectady, NY, Minor damage. Pilot flared high. Made a hard landing. Bounced and nose wheel collapsed.
- [Incident 19870725080559I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870725080559I), Jul 25, 1987: Cessna 172N (N5191J), Umatilla, FL, Minor damage. Made a hard landing. Nose gear and nose strut damaged.

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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