# Incident 19810609039859I: Cessna 172F, Rifle, CO, June 9, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 9, 1981, 07:45 local time
- Place: Rifle, CO
- Airport: Garfield Co
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5263° N, 107.7270° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Garfield County Regional Airport (RIL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5263&lon=-107.7270&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7873U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7873U-2003-04-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172F (registry code 2072414, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172F
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 31 total, 31 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810609039859I

## Narrative

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

ZD STUDENT PILOT ALLOWED AIRCRAFT TO VEER OFF RUNWAY DURING TOUCH AND GO LANDING IN CALM WIND AND STRUCK POST.

## Other reports on N7873U (3)

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

- [Accident 20020611015749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020611015749A), Jun 11, 2002: Cessna 172F (N7873U), Southjordan, UT, No damage. (-23) While returning from hurricane, UT, the aircraft ran out of fuel enroute to salt lake city airport #2. (U42). Landing was made in a plowed field, with…
- [Incident 19910313064739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910313064739I), Mar 13, 1991: Cessna 172F (N7873U), Dugway Proving, UT, Minor damage. Lost directional control on a crosswind landing. Propeller struck the runway.
- [Incident 19810625056859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810625056859I), Jun 25, 1981: Cessna 172F (N7873U), Meeker, CO, Minor damage. Za on climbout fuel selector broke changing tanks. Found fuel selector valve ball worn and galled.

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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