# Incident 19810725052319I: Cessna 172F, Lake Jackson, TX, July 25, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 25, 1981, 07:30 local time
- Place: Lake Jackson, TX
- Airport: Brazoria Co
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.0509° N, 95.4512° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lake Jackson, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0509&lon=-95.4512&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5577R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5577R-1990-08-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172F (registry code 2072414, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172F
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 518 total, 200 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810725052319I

## Narrative

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

TURNED PROP BY HAND TO CHECK IF STARTER CLOCKED, MAGS WERE ON. ENGINE STARTED AIRPLANE RAN INTO A HANGAR.

## Other reports on N5577R (1)

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

- [Accident 19880513016679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880513016679A), May 13, 1988: Cessna STC172 (N5577R), Mineola, TX, Destroyed. Stalled and crashed into trees on a photography flight. Was observed low and slow and erractic banks prior to crash

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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