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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172P · Blythe, CA · August 29, 1982

Date
August 29, 1982 · 08:00 local
Place
Blythe, CA
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N53186
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX82DA321
Reported as
Cessna 172P
Reported engine
Lycoming O320D2J
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
220 total210 in this make and model50 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.

Elected to land in a soft fallow field. Nose wheel dug in. Airplane flipped over.

As the FAA filed it

ELECTED TO LAND IN A SOFT FALLOW FIELD. NOSE WHEEL DUG IN. AIRPLANE FLIPPED OVER.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.