# NTSB LAX81FVW09: Cessna 172N, N2965E, Boulder City, NV, March 29, 1981

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Closed
- Date: March 29, 1981
- Place: Boulder City, NV · BOULDER CITY, NV
- Location: 35.9786° N, 114.8325° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Boulder City, NV, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9786&lon=-114.8325&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor, 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 19, 1981
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 126963
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX81FVW09
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FVW09

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0628  81/3/29    BOULDER CITY,NV     CESSNA 172N         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 39, 368
        TIME - 1600                    N2965E              PX-  0  0  3  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 247 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - BOULDER CITY MUNI
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
          ST GEORGE,UT                CHINO,CA                     BOULDER CITY,NV
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     LANDING: GO-AROUND
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND
           PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND
        FACTOR(S)
           TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2965E](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2965E-2012-08-30), registration cancelled 2012-08-30, S/N 17271390, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Registry model: [Cessna 172N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (registry code 2072434) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Boulder City Muni

## 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 19810329012939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810329012939A), Mar 29, 1981: Cessna 172N, Boulder City, NV, Substantial damage. Struct high voltage wires & crashed inverted, on climbout from aborted downwind landing. Carbureator heat on.

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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