# Accident 19800215002969A: Cessna 172E, Lanai City, HI, February 15, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 15, 1980, 15:00 local time
- Place: Lanai City, HI
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 20.8279° N, 156.9147° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lanai City, HI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=20.8279&lon=-156.9147&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9982Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9982Q-2009-08-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R172E (registry code 2072413, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r172e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 13,977 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80FJA11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FJA11) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800215002969A

## Narrative

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

VFR AIRPLANE FLEW INTO THE SIDE OF MOUNTAIN OBSCURED BY CLOUDS AND RAIN SHOWERS.

## 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 LAX80FJA11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FJA11), Feb 15, 1980: Cessna 172E (N9982Q), Lanai City, HI, destroyed, 2 fatal

## Other reports on N9982Q (1)

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

- [Incident 19780201005199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780201005199I), Feb 1, 1978: Cessna 172 (N9982Q), Hilo, HI, Minor damage. Pilot hit a fence post while taxiing to park.

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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