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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172N · Dover, DE · May 31, 1981

Date
May 31, 1981 · 16:20 local
Place
Dover, DE
Airport
Chandelle Estates
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N739BF
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC81FHD27
Reported as
Cessna 172N
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
78 total4 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Lost control on runway during landing roll, trying to stop nose wheel shimmy. Struck trees off runway.

As the FAA filed it

LOST CONTROL ON RUNWAY DURING LANDING ROLL, TRYING TO STOP NOSE WHEEL SHIMMY. STRUCK TREES OFF RUNWAY.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.