# Accident 19800111000229A: Cessna 340CESSNA, Yakima, WA, January 11, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 11, 1980, 14:02 local time
- Place: Yakima, WA
- Airport: Yakima
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.5909° N, 120.5494° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Yakima, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.5909&lon=-120.5494&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5165J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5165J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 340 (registry code 2076404, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340CESSNA
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,979 total, 385 in this make and model, 46 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA80DYP07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA80DYP07) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800111000229A

## Narrative

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

LOST RUNWAY ALIGNMENT ON TAKEOFF ROLL. HIT SNOW BANK. FACTORS, WHITEOUT EFFECT, INADEQUATE RUNWAY LIGHTS.

## 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 SEA80DYP07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA80DYP07), Jan 11, 1980: Cessna 340 (N5165J), Yakima, WA, 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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