# Incident 19811003075689I: Cessna 172N, Farmingdale, NY, October 3, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 3, 1981, 17:00 local time
- Place: Farmingdale, NY
- Airport: Republic
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7293° N, 73.4134° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at REPUBLIC (FRG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7293&lon=-73.4134&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5944E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5944E-2015-05-11) (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: 85 total, 85 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811003075689I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFTS WING STRUCK TREE WHILE BEING PARKED AFTER FLIGHT.

## Other reports on N5944E (1)

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

- [Accident 19980621014369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980621014369A), Jun 21, 1998: Cessna 172N (N5944E), Ocean City, MD, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Acft crashed under unkno circums, pilot suffered fatal inj, acft was destroyed, Ocean City, MD. (-23) the non-instrument rated pilot departed Ocean City…

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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