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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172N · Danbury, CT · March 6, 1987

Date
March 6, 1987 · 16:55 local
Place
Danbury, CT
Airport
Danbury Municipal
Phase of flight
Touch And Go Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N5277E
Reported as
Cessna 172N
Reported engine
Lycoming O320H2AD
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
15 total15 in this make and model2 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.

Student pilot lost control on a touch and go landing. Skidded left and collided with a snowbank.

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT PILOT LOST CONTROL ON A TOUCH AND GO LANDING. SKIDDED LEFT AND COLLIDED WITH A SNOWBANK.