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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172 · Marana, AZ · November 8, 1981

Date
November 8, 1981 · 16:35 local
Place
Marana, AZ
Airport
Avra Valley
Phase of flight
Go Round (Aborted VFR)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N138MQ
Reported as
Cessna 172
Reported engine
Lycoming O320H2AD
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
207 total13 in this make and model16 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Lost directional control on landing roll. Began goaround. Wheels hit mesquite off side of ruwnay. Cartwheeled.

As the FAA filed it

LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON LANDING ROLL. BEGAN GOAROUND. WHEELS HIT MESQUITE OFF SIDE OF RUWNAY. CARTWHEELED.