# Accident 19800216002819A: Cessna 180E, Zephyrhills, FL, February 16, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 16, 1980, 04:00 local time
- Place: Zephyrhills, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.2407° N, 82.1790° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Zephyrhills, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.2407&lon=-82.1790&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8681X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8681X-2013-05-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180E (registry code 2072612, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180E
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,177 total, 1,148 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA80FLD39](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80FLD39) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800216002819A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 MIA80FLD39](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80FLD39), Feb 16, 1980: Cessna 180E (N8681X), Zephyrhills, FL, destroyed

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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