# Incident 19810810064029I: Cessna 172D, Montrose, CO, August 10, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 1981, 15:40 local time
- Place: Montrose, CO
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.4688° N, 107.8590° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Montrose, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4688&lon=-107.8590&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2154Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2154Y-2017-05-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172D (registry code 2072410, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172D
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 90 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810810064029I

## Narrative

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

PILOT ENCOUNTERED TURBULENCE. LANDED ON HIGHWAY. HIT ROAD SIGN WITH WING TIP DURING TAXI.

## Other reports on N2154Y (2)

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

- [Incident 19890710042709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890710042709I), Jul 10, 1989: Cessna 172D (N2154Y), Lakeland, FL. Fuel exhaustion. Forced landing in pasture. Pilot thought he had enough fuel from past performance.
- [Accident 19730409006979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730409006979A), Apr 9, 1973: Cessna 172D (N2154Y), Animas, NM, Substantial damage. Hit rock.

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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