# Accident 19821107058589A: Cessna 172N, Port Hope, MI, November 7, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 7, 1982, 15:30 local time
- Place: Port Hope, MI
- Airport: Air Port Hope
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.9394° N, 82.7150° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Port Hope, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.9394&lon=-82.7150&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5301D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5301D-2025-04-19) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 113 total, 27 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI83LA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA035) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821107058589A

## Narrative

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

PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING ATTEMPT TO ABORT TAKEOFF, WING HIT TREE.

## 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 CHI83LA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA035), Nov 7, 1982: Cessna 172 (N5301D), Port Hope, MI, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5301D (1)

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

- [Incident 20230722005749I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230722005749I), Jul 22, 2023: Cessna 172N (N5301D), Watkins, CO, Minor damage. Aircraft was cleared for touch and go on runway 8 as the aircraft began to flare it landed a bit flat and this caused the aircraft to balloon up a few feet. As…

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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