38.2669° N, 77.4492° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at SHANNON (EZF), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
June 21, 1981 · 13:00 local
Place
Fredericksburg, VA
Airport
Shannon
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N46666
Reported as
Cessna 172K
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
35 in this make and model0 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.
The pilot made a hard landing which resulted in loss of control. The pilots medical certificate was expired.
As the FAA filed it
THE PILOT MADE A HARD LANDING WHICH RESULTED IN LOSS OF CONTROL. THE PILOTS MEDICAL CERTIFICATE WAS EXPIRED.