# Incident 19810318021489I: Cessna 172H, Hagerstown, MD, March 18, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 18, 1981, 17:53 local time
- Place: Hagerstown, MD
- Airport: Hagerstown
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6380° N, 77.7233° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hagerstown, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6380&lon=-77.7233&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2477L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2477L-2014-09-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172H (registry code 2072424, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172H
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 50 total, 6 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/19810318021489I

## Narrative

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

DURING TOUCH AND GO PILOT RAISED FLAPS AND AIRCRAFT SETTLED BACK ON RUNWAY. LOST CONTROL RAN OFF EMBANKMENT.

## Other reports on N2477L (2)

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

- [Accident 19840401007759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840401007759A), Apr 1, 1984: Cessna 172H (N2477L), Hagerstown, MD, Destroyed. Engine failed to respond on final. Crash landed short of airport. Had failed to make timely use of carburetor heat.
- [Accident 19770625016339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770625016339A), Jun 25, 1977: Cessna 172H (N2477L), College Park, MD, Substantial damage. Nr 2 exhaust valve stuck open.

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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