# Accident 19810408014979A: Cessna 172P, Paducah, TX, April 8, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 8, 1981, 17:00 local time
- Place: Paducah, TX
- Airport: Dan E. Richards
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0276° N, 100.2820° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DAN E RICHARDS MUNI (3F6), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0276&lon=-100.2820&mi=10
- Aircraft: N52846, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N52846-2013-05-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 292 total, 154 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW81DQG21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81DQG21) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810408014979A

## Narrative

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

PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT DURING TOUCHDOWN AND AIRPLANE VEERED OFF RUNWAY ONTO SOFT GROUND.

## 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 FTW81DQG21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81DQG21), Apr 8, 1981: Cessna 172P (N52846), Paducah, TX, substantial damage

## Other reports on N52846 (1)

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

- [Accident 20040619030419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040619030419A), Jun 19, 2004: Cessna 172P (N52846), Marietta, GA, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot-in-command (PIC) was completing his 4th touch and go during his 2nd solo flight as a student pilot. Due to several aircraft in the pattern, the…

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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