# Accident 19800106003489A: Cessna 172N, Reading, PA, January 6, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 6, 1980, 12:00 local time
- Place: Reading, PA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3392° N, 75.9263° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Reading, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3392&lon=-75.9263&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5593E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5593E-2013-08-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 87 total, 11 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC80DHA03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC80DHA03) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800106003489A

## Narrative

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

LANDED LONG AND FAST, PORPOISED, RAN OFF END RUNWAY OVER EMBANKMENT.

## 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 NYC80DHA03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC80DHA03), Jan 6, 1980: Cessna 172N (N5593E), Reading, PA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5593E (2)

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

- [Accident 20010901033069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010901033069A), Sep 1, 2001: Cessna 172M (N5593E), Sheldon, IA, No damage. (-23) Pilot stated he was returning from des moines, Iowa on a pleasure flight with his wife when the engine started running rough over cherokee, Iowa. When he…
- [Accident 19980226023659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980226023659A), Feb 26, 1998: Cessna 172N (N5593E), Rutland, VT, Substantial damage. Ran out of fuel landed short of destination rut. Clipped tree tops. Landed in brush. Folded nosed gear. Headwinds. (-23) aircraft departed lanaster, pa with…

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.