# Accident 19800129001289A: Cessna 175, Thomasville, NC, January 29, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 29, 1980, 12:20 local time
- Place: Thomasville, NC
- Airport: Hiatt
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.8301° N, 80.1075° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HIATT (N97), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8301&lon=-80.1075&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7617M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7617M-2017-02-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 175 (registry code 2072502, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-175) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GO-300 series (registry code 17024, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-go-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 175
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,625 total, 850 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD80FKM08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD80FKM08) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800129001289A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT IN PATTERN. TRIED DOWNWIND LANDING. UNABLE TO STOP. VEERED OFF RUNWAY INTO TREES. WATER IN FUEL.

## 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 IAD80FKM08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD80FKM08), Jan 29, 1980: Cessna 175 (N7617M), Thomasville, NC, 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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