# Accident 19800227004059A: Cessna 172N, Leesburg, VA, February 27, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 27, 1980, 19:00 local time
- Place: Leesburg, VA
- Airport: Godfrey
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1028° N, 77.5545° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Leesburg, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1028&lon=-77.5545&mi=10
- Aircraft: N734QX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N734QX-2008-06-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 450 total, 66 in this make and model, 59 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD80DIA05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD80DIA05) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800227004059A

## Narrative

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

WIND GUSTS CAUGHT AIRPLANE AT TOUCHDOWN. TRIED TO GO AROUND. WING TIPS STRUCK 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 IAD80DIA05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD80DIA05), Feb 27, 1980: Cessna 172 (N734QX), Leesburg, VA, substantial damage

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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