19810720042859A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 172 · Santa Rosa, CA · July 20, 1981

Date
July 20, 1981 · 17:20 local
Place
Santa Rosa, CA
Airport
Santa Rosa
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N8127B
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX81FVD32
Reported as
Cessna 172
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
46 total46 in this make and model4 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.

Aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff when student pilot attempted flight in instrument weather conditions.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT CRASHED SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF WHEN STUDENT PILOT ATTEMPTED FLIGHT IN INSTRUMENT WEATHER CONDITIONS.

NTSB investigation

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