19791114055999I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172M · Beaufort, NC · November 14, 1979

Date
November 14, 1979 · 10:30 local
Place
Beaufort, NC
Airport
Private
Phase of flight
To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N80264
Reported as
Cessna 172M
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,375 total400 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

During takeoff roll on unlighted strip, taxi and landing lights failed. Aircraft veered into ditch, nosed over.

As the FAA filed it

DURING TAKEOFF ROLL ON UNLIGHTED STRIP, TAXI AND LANDING LIGHTS FAILED. AIRCRAFT VEERED INTO DITCH, NOSED OVER.

Other reports on N80264 · 1

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