# Accident 19810825058339A: Cessna R172E, Bishop, TX, August 25, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 1981, 16:50 local time
- Place: Bishop, TX
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.5853° N, 97.7974° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bishop, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.5853&lon=-97.7974&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4208A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4208A-2012-11-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172E (registry code 2072412, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R172E
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 131 total, 3 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW81FA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FA134) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810825058339A

## Narrative

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

INEXPERIENCED PILOT ALLOWED AIRPLANE TO STALL ON CLIMBOUT FROM TAKEOFF. WAS ON A CAP PROFICIENCY FLIGHT.

## 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 FTW81FA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FA134), Aug 25, 1981: Cessna R172E (N4208A), Bishop, TX, destroyed, 2 fatal

## Other reports on N4208A (1)

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

- [Accident 19730730027829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730730027829A), Jul 30, 1973: Cessna 172E (N4208A), Fort Eustis, VA, Substantial damage. Hit gnd hard dmgd nose gr and firewall section.

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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