# Accident 19800118000509A: Cessna 172N, Key West, FL, January 18, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 18, 1980, 19:17 local time
- Place: Key West, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 24.5651° N, 81.7755° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Key West, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=24.5651&lon=-81.7755&mi=10
- Aircraft: N92453, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N92453-2013-05-22) (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: 517 total, 397 in this make and model, 145 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA80DKT23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80DKT23) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800118000509A

## Narrative

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

BECAME LOST ON OVER-WATER FLIGHT AT NIGHT. RAN OUT OF FUEL. DITCHED AT SEA.

## 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 MIA80DKT23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80DKT23), Jan 18, 1980: Cessna 172 (N92453), Key West, FL, destroyed

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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