# Incident 19870912065119I: Cessna 172N, Antelope Island, UT, September 12, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 12, 1987, 11:00 local time
- Place: Antelope Island, UT
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.9580° N, 112.2072° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Antelope Island, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9580&lon=-112.2072&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5270E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5270E-1991-10-03) (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: 5,121 total, 532 in this make and model, 141 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870912065119I

## Narrative

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

THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON TAKEOFF FROM ROUGH TERRAIN. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING FLOWN OUT AFTER A FORCED LANDING.

## Other reports on N5270E (1)

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

- [Incident 19870910065129I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870910065129I), Sep 10, 1987: Cessna 172N (N5270E), Antelope Island, UT. The engine stopped running. The CFI made a forced landing on an Island. Cause of failure undetermined.

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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