# Incident 19870729063739I: Cessna 172N, Thief River Fal, MN, July 29, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 1987, 14:45 local time
- Place: Thief River Fal, MN
- Airport: Thief River Falls Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.0657° N, 96.1850° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at THIEF RIVER FALLS RGNL (TVF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.0657&lon=-96.1850&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8283E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8283E-1993-08-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 63 total, 5 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870729063739I

## Narrative

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

NOSEWHEEL SEPARATED AFTER A TOUCH AND GO. SAFE LANDING. THE AXLE HAD FAILED DUE TO AN OLD CRACK.

## Other reports on N8283E (1)

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

- [Accident 19911101048829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911101048829A), Nov 1, 1991: Cessna 172P (N8283E), Bemidji, MN, Destroyed. Crashed into trees on climbout. Icing conditions,low ceiling and snow existed. Pitot heat off. Gas caps not secured

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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