# NTSB FTW82FA006: Cessna 172P, N52712, Orange, TX, October 9, 1981

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: October 9, 1981
- Place: Orange, TX · ORANGE, TX
- Location: 30.1235° N, 93.7545° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Orange, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.1235&lon=-93.7545&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report October 14, 1981
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 123271
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW82FA006
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FA006

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2563   81/10/9 NR.ORANGE,TX          CESSNA 172P         CR-  1  0  0  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 21, 831
        TIME - 1650                    N52712              PX-  0  0  0  POWER/PIPELINE            TOTAL HOURS, 729 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          LAKE CHARLES,LA             LAKE CHARLES,LA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT
        REMARKS- PIPELINE PATROL.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N52712](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N52712-1984-11-15), registration cancelled 1984-11-15, S/N 17274590 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Registry model: [Cessna 172](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (registry code 2072402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19811009066359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811009066359A), Oct 9, 1981: Cessna 172P, Orange, TX, Destroyed. Indicates pilot cross-controlled stalled aircraft while circling area of a pipeline during pipeline patrol.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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