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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172A · Port Townsend, WA · August 25, 1981

Date
August 25, 1981 · 15:00 local
Place
Port Townsend, WA
Airport
Jefferson Co
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N7438X
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA81DYE38
Reported as
Cessna 172A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
16 total13 in this make and model16 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Student on first solo. Bounced on landing, lost control on second bounce. Veered into parked auto.

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT ON FIRST SOLO. BOUNCED ON LANDING, LOST CONTROL ON SECOND BOUNCE. VEERED INTO PARKED AUTO.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.