# Accident 19810912058549A: Cessna 172F, Vulcan, MI, September 12, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 12, 1981, 14:00 local time
- Place: Vulcan, MI
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.7805° N, 87.8626° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Vulcan, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.7805&lon=-87.8626&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8697U (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172F
- Reported engine: CONT O300D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 98 total, 98 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI81FA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FA101) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810912058549A

## Narrative

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

PILOT STALLED AIRPLANE AND CRASHED WHILE ATTEMPTING GOAROUND FROM DOWNWIND LANDING ATTEMPT.

## 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 CHI81FA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FA101), Sep 12, 1981: Cessna 172 (N8697U), Faithorn, MI, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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