# Accident 19810409020489A: Cessna 172M, Maysville, AL, April 9, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 9, 1981, 07:15 local time
- Place: Maysville, AL
- Airport: Madison Co
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7698° N, 86.4303° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Maysville, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7698&lon=-86.4303&mi=10
- Aircraft: N12667, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N12667-1984-06-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 99 total, 98 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL81DKJ17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81DKJ17) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810409020489A

## Narrative

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

PILOT ATTEMTPED DOWNWIND LANDING THEN DECIDED TO GO AROUND. HIT BANK DURING TAKEOFF AND CRASHED OFF END OF RUNWAY.

## 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 ATL81DKJ17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81DKJ17), Apr 9, 1981: Cessna 172 (N12667), Maysville, AL, destroyed

## Other reports on N12667 (1)

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

- [Accident 19740707019349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740707019349A), Jul 7, 1974: Cessna 172M (N12667), Labelle, FL, Substantial damage. T/d abt 1/2 way dwn the rwy un stop due wet grass hit ditch at end.

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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