# Accident 19800217003319A: Cessna 175A, Searchlight, NV, February 17, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 17, 1980, 18:45 local time
- Place: Searchlight, NV
- Airport: Searchlight
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4446° N, 114.9094° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SEARCHLIGHT (1L3), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4446&lon=-114.9094&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7054E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7054E-1983-02-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 175A (registry code 2072504, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-175a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 175A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 141 total, 14 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80FA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FA054) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800217003319A

## Narrative

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

ENCOUNTERED LOW CLOUDS IN MOUNTAIN PASS. SAW AIRPORT. OVERSHOT RUNWAY. ENTERED CLOUDS ON GO-AROUND. HIT GROUND.

## 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 LAX80FA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FA054), Feb 17, 1980: Cessna 175A (N7054E), Searchlight, NV, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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