33.3062° N, 111.8413° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Chandler, AZ, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
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.