# Incident 19810801058909I: Cessna 172P, East Haddam, CT, August 1, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 1, 1981, 13:30 local time
- Place: East Haddam, CT
- Airport: Goodspeed
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4457° N, 72.4556° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GOODSPEED (42B), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4457&lon=-72.4556&mi=10
- Aircraft: N52408, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N52408) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,250 total, 350 in this make and model, 160 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810801058909I

## Narrative

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

ELEVATOR CONTROL BINDING DURING TAKEOFF. ABORTED TAKEOFF. MADE SECOND TAKEOFF. AFTER LANDING FOUND CONTROL BINDING.

## Other reports on N52408 (1)

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

- [Incident 20111008021869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111008021869I), Oct 8, 2011: Cessna 172P (N52408), Waterville, ME, Minor damage. On landing roll after first unsupervised solo, aircraft drifted to the right and hit a runway light in the area of the right main gear / fuselage attach point.…

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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