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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172E · Laporte, IN · September 8, 1981

Date
September 8, 1981 · 19:50 local
Place
Laporte, IN
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N5508T
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI81FET13
Reported as
Cessna 172E
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
110 total73 in this make and model1 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 pilot carrying passenger flew aircraft into electrical wires causing crash.

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT PILOT CARRYING PASSENGER FLEW AIRCRAFT INTO ELECTRICAL WIRES CAUSING CRASH.

NTSB investigation

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