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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 172P · Lake Charles, LA · March 27, 1981

Date
March 27, 1981 · 11:30 local
Place
Lake Charles, LA
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N52710
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW81FA059
Reported as
Cessna 172P
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
693 total364 in this make and model355 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft was observed making sharp turn and pull-up into stall and spin during pipeline patrol.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED MAKING SHARP TURN AND PULL-UP INTO STALL AND SPIN DURING PIPELINE PATROL.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.