# Accident 19810516026219A: Cessna 170B, Mocksville, NC, May 16, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 1981, 09:10 local time
- Place: Mocksville, NC
- Airport: Sugar Valley
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9849° N, 80.5114° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SUGAR VALLEY (5NC2), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9849&lon=-80.5114&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2538C (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,415 total, 324 in this make and model, 72 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL81DKM10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81DKM10) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810516026219A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT APPLIED BRAKES HEAVILY ON LANDING ROLL. TAIL WHEEL TYPE AIRPLANE NOSED OVER.

## 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 ATL81DKM10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81DKM10), May 16, 1981: Cessna 170 (N2538C), Mocksville, NC, 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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