# Accident 19811010066399A: Cessna 172M, Eustis, FL, October 10, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 10, 1981, 05:45 local time
- Place: Eustis, FL
- Airport: Mid Florida
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.8433° N, 81.6301° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MID-FLORIDA (X55), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.8433&lon=-81.6301&mi=10
- Aircraft: N20081, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N20081-1983-07-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,766 total, 1,100 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA82FLD02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA82FLD02) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811010066399A

## Narrative

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

ATTEMPTED NIGHT TAKEOFF ON UNLIT RUNWAY. TURNED OFF RUNWAY ON LIFTOFF, STRUCK PARKED AIRCRAFT. DENSE GROUND FOG.

## 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 MIA82FLD02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA82FLD02), Oct 10, 1981: Cessna 172M (N20081), Eustis, FL, destroyed

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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