# Accident 19810622035499A: Cessna 172D, Laurens, IA, June 22, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 22, 1981, 06:30 local time
- Place: Laurens, IA
- Airport: Skyways
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.8475° N, 94.8479° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Laurens, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8475&lon=-94.8479&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2406Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2406Y-2012-08-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172D (registry code 2072410, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 346 total, 298 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC81DCD22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC81DCD22) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810622035499A

## Narrative

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

UNABLE TO STOP DURING DOWNWIND LANDING ON WET GRASS. TRIED TO GRUND-LOOP. SLID SIDEWAYS INTO A FENCE.

## 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 MKC81DCD22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC81DCD22), Jun 22, 1981: Cessna 172D (N2406Y), Laurens, IA, substantial damage

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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