# Incident 19890421016829I: Cessna 172N, Dallas, TX, April 21, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 21, 1989, 07:39 local time
- Place: Dallas, TX
- Airport: Redbird Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7831° N, 96.8067° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dallas, TX, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7831&lon=-96.8067&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2870E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2870E-2013-09-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYC O320H2AD
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 30 total, 30 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890421016829I

## Narrative

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

AILERON CONTROLS JAMMED WHILE PERFORMING POWER OFF STALLS. FOUND A FAULTY INBOARD LOWER FLAP ROLLER GEAR.

## Other reports on N2870E (1)

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

- [Incident 19951015045039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951015045039I), Oct 15, 1995: Cessna 172N (N2870E), Gainesville, TX, Minor damage. Narrative: after landing, aircraft was taxiing to parking area and struck a parked fuel truck. Damage was limited to the left wing outboard leading edges.

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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