# Accident 19800413008669A: Cessna 172, Bellingham, WA, April 13, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 13, 1980, 15:05 local time
- Place: Bellingham, WA
- Airport: International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ops On Grnd From Ldg/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.7534° N, 122.4702° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bellingham, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.7534&lon=-122.4702&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3413E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3413E-1985-07-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 91 total, 73 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA80DYE29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA80DYE29) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800413008669A

## Narrative

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

LOW-TIME PILOT LOST CONTROL DURING LANDING. CRASHED OFF SIDE RUNWAY, FLIPPED INVERTED IN SOFT TURF.

## 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 SEA80DYE29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA80DYE29), Apr 13, 1980: Cessna 172 (N3413E), Bellingham, WA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N3413E (1)

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

- [Accident 19830430016749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830430016749A), Apr 30, 1983: Cessna 172N (N3413E), Friday Harbor, WA, Destroyed. Stalled aircraft on an attempted go around with full load carbheat on and full flaps. Did not use shoulder harness.

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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