# Accident 19820915046589A: Cessna 172N, Hobbs, NM, September 15, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 1982, 09:00 local time
- Place: Hobbs, NM
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7294° N, 103.1598° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7294&lon=-103.1598&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6553E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6553E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYC O320H2AD
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 684 total, 587 in this make and model, 309 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW82DA380](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA380) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820915046589A

## Narrative

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

STALLED IN A STEEP TURNAROUND  TO VIEW A LEAK IN A PIPELINE. RECOVERED BEFORE GROUND IMPACT BUT HIT A POWERLINE.

## 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 FTW82DA380](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA380), Sep 15, 1982: Cessna 172N (N6553E), Hobbs, NM, substantial damage

## Other reports on N6553E (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19930627024749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930627024749A), Jun 27, 1993: Cessna 172N (N6553E), Griswold, CT, Substantial damage. Encountered forecast IMC, tried to land downwind on nearby airport. Ran off end into trees. Displaced threshold.
- [Incident 19901104056819I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901104056819I), Nov 4, 1990: Cessna 172P (N6553E), Barre/Barree Pl, MA, Minor damage. Struck a parked aircraft on landing rollout. Wing tip of parked aircraft was stuck out from grass taxiway.
- [Incident 19791018052979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791018052979I), Oct 18, 1979: Cessna 172N (N6553E), Pampa, TX, Minor damage. Smoke observed from doorpost area, pilot smelled fuel, landed. Doorpost map light wire burned hole in fuel line.

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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