# Accident 19811210080139A: Cessna 172D, Venus, TX, December 10, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 10, 1981, 17:25 local time
- Place: Venus, TX
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4052° N, 97.1044° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Venus, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4052&lon=-97.1044&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2894U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2894U-2012-10-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172D (registry code 2072410, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172D
- Reported engine: CONT O300D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 247 total, 9 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW82FA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FA030) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811210080139A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO GROUND LEFT OF RUNWAY THRESHOLD. NOSE WHEEL BROKE, AIRCRAFT TUMBLED, LIVE WASPS IN CABIN POSSIBLE FACTOR.

## 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 FTW82FA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FA030), Dec 10, 1981: Cessna 172 (N2894U), Venus, TX, 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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