# NTSB LAX81DUJ72: Cessna 172N, N5535D, Page, AZ, June 19, 1981

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: June 19, 1981
- Place: Page, AZ · PAGE, AZ
- Location: 36.9147° N, 111.4558° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Page, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9147&lon=-111.4558&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 9, 1981
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 125201
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX81DUJ72
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81DUJ72

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2267  81/6/19    PAGE,AZ             CESSNA 172N         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             STUDENT, AGE 32, 53 TOTAL
        TIME - 1140                    N5535D              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - PAGE
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          PAGE,AZ                     LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 LANDING: ROLL
           COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS                          LANDING: GO-AROUND
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          CLEAR                                                    UNLIMITED
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED)                                     NONE
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND
          NONE                                                     LIGHT AND VARIABLE
        TEMPERATURE-F                                            TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS
           90                                                      VFR
        TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          NONE
        REMARKS- D/A APRX 7400FT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5535D](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5535D-2000-07-03), registration cancelled 2000-07-03, S/N 17272595 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Registry model: [Cessna 172N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (registry code 2072434) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Page

## 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 19810619034129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810619034129A), Jun 19, 1981: Cessna 172N, Page, AZ, Substantial damage. Dumped flaps on go-around from a bad landing. Struck a fence off departure end of runway.

## Other investigations on N5535D (1)

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.

- [NTSB LAX99LA258](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX99LA258), Jul 25, 1999: Cessna 172N (N5535D), Prescott, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: the student pilot's premature retraction of the flaps during an aborted landing and his failure to obtain/maintain adequate flying airspeed, which resulted in a stall/mush condition and the airplane…

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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