# Accident 19800309006139A: Cessna 172N, Williamstown, NJ, March 9, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 9, 1980, 19:18 local time
- Place: Williamstown, NJ
- Airport: Cross Keys
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7055° N, 75.0330° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CROSS KEYS (17N), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7055&lon=-75.0330&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8070E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8070E-2014-11-19) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 93 total, 89 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC80FHD09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC80FHD09) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800309006139A

## Narrative

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

LOST CONTROL OF AIRPLANE WHILE LANDING IN CROSSWIND. DRIFTED OFF RUNWAY ALIGNMENT. HIT WIRES TRYING A GO-AROUND.

## 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 NYC80FHD09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC80FHD09), Mar 9, 1980: Cessna 172 (N8070E), Cross Keys, NJ, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8070E (1)

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

- [Accident 19870222079722A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870222079722A), Feb 22, 1987: Cessna 172N (N8070E), Vacaville, CA, Destroyed. Aborted takeoff roll due to another aircraft on runway. Hit from behind by N620BD on takeoff roll. Delayed too long

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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