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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 336 · Mona Island, Puerto Rico · January 11, 1980

Date
January 11, 1980 · 07:55 local
Place
Mona Island, Puerto Rico
Airport
Mona
Phase of flight
Go Round (Aborted VFR)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N1788Z
Reported as
Cessna 336
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
481 total162 in this make and model45 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.

Pilot stated sun blinded him on landing. Aircaft drifted off runway due to crosswind. Started go around. Hit trees

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STATED SUN BLINDED HIM ON LANDING. AIRCAFT DRIFTED OFF RUNWAY DUE TO CROSSWIND. STARTED GO AROUND. HIT TREES