# Accident 19810329012939A: Cessna 172N, Boulder City, NV, March 29, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 29, 1981, 16:00 local time
- Place: Boulder City, NV
- Airport: Boulder City
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9989° N, 114.8132° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOULDER CITY (52NV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9989&lon=-114.8132&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2965E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2965E-2012-08-30) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 368 total, 247 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81FVW09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FVW09) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810329012939A

## Narrative

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

STRUCT HIGH VOLTAGE WIRES & CRASHED INVERTED, ON CLIMBOUT FROM ABORTED DOWNWIND LANDING. CARBUREATOR HEAT ON.

## 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 LAX81FVW09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FVW09), Mar 29, 1981: Cessna 172N (N2965E), Boulder City, NV, destroyed

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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