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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172P · Chandler, AZ · February 23, 1983

Date
February 23, 1983 · 15:15 local
Place
Chandler, AZ
Airport
Stellar
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N54121
Reported as
Cessna 172P
Reported engine
Lycoming O320D2J
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
246 total102 in this make and model34 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.

Pilot lost directional control during landing. Aircraft went off runway and crashed in adjacent field.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING LANDING. AIRCRAFT WENT OFF RUNWAY AND CRASHED IN ADJACENT FIELD.