# Incident 19810923061669I: Cessna 172N, West Plains, MO, September 23, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 23, 1981, 11:45 local time
- Place: West Plains, MO
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.7374° N, 91.8680° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of West Plains, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7374&lon=-91.8680&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1298F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1298F-2013-04-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 18 total, 6 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810923061669I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT MAKING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS. BOUNCED AIRCRAFT, DAMAGED NOSE WHEEL AND PROPELLER.

## Other reports on N1298F (1)

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

- [Accident 19830619025459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830619025459A), Jun 19, 1983: Cessna 172N (N1298F), South Fork, MO, Destroyed. Stalled in a steep climbing turn on takeoff from a grass strip. Near vertical impact with the ground.

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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