# Accident 19800416009229A: Cessna 172F, Lake Berryessa, CA, April 16, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 16, 1980, 15:10 local time
- Place: Lake Berryessa, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N5149F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5149F-1997-10-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172F (registry code 2072414, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172F
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 268 total, 94 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80FVG27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FVG27) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800416009229A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK POWERLINE DURING LOW ALTITUDE PHOTO FLIGHT. LANDED AT HOME BASE WITH CABLE WRAPPED AROUND NOSE GEAR.

## 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 LAX80FVG27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FVG27), Apr 16, 1980: Cessna 172F (N5149F), Lake Berryessa, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5149F (1)

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

- [Accident 19880911038279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880911038279A), Sep 11, 1988: Cessna 172F (N5149F), Fairfield, CA, Substantial damage. Made soft field takeoff in gusty wind. Turned out of wind at 25 ft AGL,wing hit ground causing loss of control.

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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