# Accident 19810510022979A: Cessna 172M, Merritt Island, FL, May 10, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 1981, 11:00 local time
- Place: Merritt Island, FL
- Airport: Merritt Island
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.3416° N, 80.6855° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MERRITT ISLAND (COI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.3416&lon=-80.6855&mi=10
- Aircraft: N88AB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N88AB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 17 total, 17 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA81DLD37](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA81DLD37) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810510022979A

## Narrative

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

LOST CONTROL AFTER ABORTING TOUCH AND GO TAKEOFF. RAN OFF RUNWAY INTO A DITCH. HAD FAILED TO REDUCE FLAP SETTING.

## 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 MIA81DLD37](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA81DLD37), May 10, 1981: Cessna 172 (N88AB), Merritt Island, FL, destroyed

## Other reports on N88AB (1)

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

- [Incident 19910202015549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910202015549I), Feb 2, 1991: Cessna 172M (N88AB), St Petersburg-C, FL. Failed to maintain altitude and heading assignments. Vacuum pump had failed. Preoccupied with aircraft control.

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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