# Accident 19811221081369A: Cessna 172H, Timber Lake, SD, December 21, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 21, 1981, 15:30 local time
- Place: Timber Lake, SD
- Airport: Timber Lake
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.4150° N, 101.0832° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TIMBER LAKE MUNI (D58), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.4150&lon=-101.0832&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8831Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8831Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172H (registry code 2072424, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172H
- Reported engine: CONT O300B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 44 total, 3 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN81DTK03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN81DTK03) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811221081369A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT LOST CONTROL ON TAKEOFF RUN IN GUSTY WIND. HIT SNOWBANK AND NOSED OVER. WINDROWS ON RUNWAY.

## 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 DEN81DTK03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN81DTK03), Dec 21, 1981: Cessna 172 (N8831Z), Timber Lake, SD, substantial damage

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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