# Accident 19800213003239A: Cessna 177A, Orlando, FL, February 13, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 13, 1980, 09:45 local time
- Place: Orlando, FL
- Airport: Herndon
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.5383° N, 81.3792° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Orlando, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5383&lon=-81.3792&mi=10
- Aircraft: N102AT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N102AT-1992-08-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177A (registry code 2073706, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 126 total, 13 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA80DLD37](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80DLD37) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800213003239A

## Narrative

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

BOUNCED ON HARD LANDING. AIRPLANE PORPOISED ON RUNWAY.

## 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 MIA80DLD37](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80DLD37), Feb 13, 1980: Cessna 177 (N102AT), Orlando, FL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N102AT (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19891001042359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891001042359A), Oct 1, 1989: Cessna 177A (N102AT), Manistique, MI, Destroyed. Landed long, began go around then dumped flaps. Aircraft settled and struck wires off end of runway.

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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