# Accident 19800110000029A: Cessna 340CESSNA, Rosenburg, TX, January 10, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 10, 1980, 16:00 local time
- Place: Rosenburg, TX
- Airport: Lane
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.5572° N, 95.8086° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rosenberg, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5572&lon=-95.8086&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8178G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8178G-1992-06-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 340A (registry code 2076405, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340CESSNA
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,087 total, 220 in this make and model, 79 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW80FA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FA034) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800110000029A

## Narrative

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

FLEW VFR AREA OF LOW CEILINGS & DENSE FOG. MADE HARD LANDING. IMPACT BROKE OR BENT WING SPARS.

## 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 FTW80FA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FA034), Jan 10, 1980: Cessna 340 (N8178G), Rosenberg, TX, substantial damage

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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