# Incident 19800411049119I: Cessna 172L, Sanford, NC, April 11, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 11, 1980, 16:30 local time
- Place: Sanford, NC
- Airport: Lee Co
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4799° N, 79.1803° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sanford, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4799&lon=-79.1803&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7992G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7992G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172L (registry code 2072432, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172L
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 32 total, 10 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800411049119I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT BALLOONED ON LANDING, RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO PROP AND NOSE TIRE.

## Other reports on N7992G (1)

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

- [Incident 19921025045989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921025045989I), Oct 25, 1992: Cessna 172L (N7992G), Sanford, NC, Minor damage. Pilot apparently let the airplane land on its nosewheel. Strut collapsed and propeller tips struck runway.

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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