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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172N · Morrilton, AR · July 27, 1983

Date
July 27, 1983 · 22:43 local
Place
Morrilton, AR
Airport
Petit Jean
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N54174
Reported as
Cessna 172N
Reported engine
Lycoming O320D2J
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
277 total277 in this make and model70 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.

Aircraft descended into trees two miles short of airport during night visual approach.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT DESCENDED INTO TREES TWO MILES SHORT OF AIRPORT DURING NIGHT VISUAL APPROACH.