# Accident 19810525043682A: Cessna 172M, Huntington Beac, CA, May 25, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 25, 1981, 14:30 local time
- Place: Huntington Beac, CA
- Airport: Meadowlark
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6980° N, 118.0038° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Huntington Beach, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6980&lon=-118.0038&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9942V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9942V-1997-08-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81FUA09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FUA09) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810525043682A

## Narrative

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

THIS AIRCRAFT WAS STRUCK BY LANDING AIRCRAFT WHEN ON TAKEOFF ROLL. OTHER AIRCRAFT INVOLVED N88GH.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N88GH, Amtrra KR2: [Accident 19810525043681A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810525043681A)

## 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 LAX81FUA09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FUA09), May 25, 1981: Cessna 172 (N9942V), Huntington Bch, CA, minor damage

## Other reports on N9942V (1)

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

- [Incident 19920427027259I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920427027259I), Apr 27, 1992: Cessna 172M (N9942V), Kailua-Kona, HI, Minor damage. Student pilot lost directional control of aircraft on rollout. Propeller tips were damaged.

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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