# Accident 19811105072719A: Cessna 175B, Springfield, ID, November 5, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 5, 1981, 21:42 local time
- Place: Springfield, ID
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.0816° N, 112.6819° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Springfield, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0816&lon=-112.6819&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8197T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8197T-2012-11-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 175B (registry code 2072506, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-175b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GO-300 series (registry code 17024, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-go-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 175B
- Reported engine: CONT GO300*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 100 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA82FA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA82FA002) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811105072719A

## Narrative

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

CIRCLED LOW OVER UNLIT PRIVATE STRIP. HIT WIRES, CAUGHT FIRE DIVED INTO GRAIN STORAGE SHED. AUTO LIGHTS ON STRIP.

## 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 SEA82FA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA82FA002), Nov 5, 1981: Cessna 175B (N8197T), Springfield, ID, 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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