# Accident 19810419017592A: Cessna 172N, Venice, FL, April 19, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 19, 1981, 18:46 local time
- Place: Venice, FL
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.1170° N, 82.4152° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Venice, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.1170&lon=-82.4152&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5211E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5211E-1988-03-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,044 total, 216 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA81FA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA81FA067) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810419017592A

## Narrative

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

ON LANDING ROLL, OTHER AIRCRAFT PIPER PA28, N83159, LANDED ON TOP OF HIS AIRPLANE. WAS ON WRONG UNICOM FREQUENCY.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N83159, Piper PA28161: [Accident 19810419017591A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810419017591A)

## 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 MIA81FA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA81FA067), Apr 19, 1981: Cessna 172 (N5211E), Venice, FL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5211E (2)

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

- [Accident 19880224030589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880224030589A), Feb 24, 1988: Cessna 172N (N5211E), Kissimmee, FL, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Struck trees on climbout from a simulated forced landing. Approach carried out too low for a safe operation.
- [Accident 19800421009569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800421009569A), Apr 21, 1980: Cessna 172N (N5211E), Bell Glade, FL, Substantial damage. Engine lost oil pressure, seized. Landed in sugar cane. Nosed over. Found oil drain plug had come out.

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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