# Incident 19810426030539I: Cessna 172N, Ft Wayne, IN, April 26, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 26, 1981, 00:26 local time
- Place: Ft Wayne, IN
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1306° N, 85.1289° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Wayne, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1306&lon=-85.1289&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6231F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6231F) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 184 total, 29 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810426030539I

## Narrative

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

HARD LANDING AT NIGHT. MINOR WING DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N6231F (2)

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

- [Accident 20121115025689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121115025689A), Nov 15, 2012: Cessna 172N (N6231F), Moline, IL, Substantial damage. On his first student solo flight, [privacy data omitted] was landing the aircraft. He reported the aircraft porpoised during the landing event. He felt a…
- [Incident 19801105079009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801105079009I), Nov 5, 1980: Cessna 172 (N6231F), Terre Haute, IN, Minor damage. Zd student pilot was drifting on landing and decided to go around. Gear struck light as go around initiated.

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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