# Accident 19810724048879A: Cessna 172N, Roxboro, NC, July 24, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 1981, 09:00 local time
- Place: Roxboro, NC
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.3946° N, 78.9773° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Roxboro, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3946&lon=-78.9773&mi=10
- Aircraft: N739WD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N739WD-1982-08-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 265 total, 265 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL81FLJ14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FLJ14) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810724048879A

## Narrative

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

PILOT ATTEMPTED DOWNWIND, OVERGROSS TAKEOFF FROM ROUGH SOD STRIP. AIRCRAFT STALLED, HIT TREE AND CRASHED.

## 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 ATL81FLJ14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FLJ14), Jul 24, 1981: Cessna 172N (N739WD), Roxboro, NC, destroyed

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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