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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 180E · Zephyrhills, FL · February 16, 1980

Date
February 16, 1980 · 04:00 local
Place
Zephyrhills, FL
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N8681X
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA80FLD39
Reported as
Cessna 180E
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,177 total1,148 in this make and model65 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Descended into fog. Tried to fly back to vrf, hit trees. Recovered, then hit more trees and crashed.

As the FAA filed it

DESCENDED INTO FOG. TRIED TO FLY BACK TO VRF, HIT TREES. RECOVERED, THEN HIT MORE TREES AND CRASHED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.