# Accident 19780506009149A: Cessna 172D, Avon Park, FL, May 6, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 6, 1978
- Place: Avon Park, FL
- Airport: Avon Park
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 27.5897° N, 81.5073° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Avon Park, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.5897&lon=-81.5073&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8411L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8411L-1982-03-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172I (registry code 2072426, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172i) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 434 total, 300 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA78DLD42](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78DLD42) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780506009149A

## Narrative

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

STALLED INTO TREES SHORT OF THE RUNWAY.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (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 MIA78DLD42](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78DLD42), May 6, 1978: Cessna 172 (N8411L), Avon Park, FL, destroyed

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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