# Accident 19810522028219A: Cessna 172N, Carbondale, KS, May 22, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 22, 1981, 20:35 local time
- Place: Carbondale, KS
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8219° N, 95.6932° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Carbondale, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8219&lon=-95.6932&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4509E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4509E-1982-11-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 72 total, 15 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC81FA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC81FA036) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810522028219A

## Narrative

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

PROCEEDED VFR INTO THUNDERSTORM AREA, HEAVY RAIN, SEVERE TURBULENCE. LOST CONTROL. WAS ADVISED OF SEVERE WEATHER.

## 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 MKC81FA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC81FA036), May 22, 1981: Cessna 172 (N4509E), Carbondale, KS, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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