# Incident 19810723054709I: Cessna 172M, Meadville, PA, July 23, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 23, 1981, 13:50 local time
- Place: Meadville, PA
- Airport: Port Meadville
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6265° N, 80.2147° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PORT MEADVILLE (GKJ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6265&lon=-80.2147&mi=10
- Aircraft: N13796, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N13796) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,300 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810723054709I

## Narrative

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

18 INCHES OF THE PROPELLER BLADE SEPARATED IN FLIGHT.

## Other reports on N13796 (2)

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

- [Incident 20190727008061I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190727008061I), Jul 27, 2019: Cessna 172M (N13796), Gaithersburg, MD, Minor damage. Pilot was on taxi way. As he was taxiing past an intersection (A3), N13796 aircraft taxied into the left wing causing substantial damage to N38657. Weather…
- [Incident 19910719033969I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910719033969I), Jul 19, 1991: Cessna 172M (N13796), Greenville, PA, Minor damage. Hard landing. Pilot added power and lowered nose first. Landed on nose wheel.

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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