# Accident 19800210003179A: Cessna 170, Wickenburg, AZ, February 10, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 10, 1980, 12:30 local time
- Place: Wickenburg, AZ
- Airport: Wickenburg
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9706° N, 112.7951° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WICKENBURG MUNI (E25), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9706&lon=-112.7951&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4222V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4222V-1984-05-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170 (registry code 2072302, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C145 series (registry code 17012, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 546 total, 2 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80DUJ28](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80DUJ28) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800210003179A

## Narrative

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

LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON LANDING. VEERED OFF RUNWAY. OVERTURNED. UNSKILLED IN TAIL DRAGGER.

## 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 LAX80DUJ28](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80DUJ28), Feb 10, 1980: Cessna 170 (N4222V), Wickenburg, AZ, 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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