# Accident 19810508022879A: Cessna 172H, Spring Hill, WV, May 8, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 1981, 10:45 local time
- Place: Spring Hill, WV
- Airport: Mallory
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3358° N, 81.7403° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MALLORY (WV12), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3358&lon=-81.7403&mi=10
- Aircraft: N50BM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N50BM-1982-02-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172H (registry code 2072424, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172H
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 424 total, 421 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL81FIJ08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FIJ08) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810508022879A

## Narrative

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

HIGH AND FAST ON FINAL. BEGAN LATE GO-AROUND. UNABLE TO OUT-CLIMB RISING TERRAIN. FLIPPED OVER ON IMPACT.

## 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 ATL81FIJ08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FIJ08), May 8, 1981: Cessna 172H (N50BM), Spring Hill, WV, substantial damage

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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