# Accident 19800416009879A: Cessna 172, Plato Center, IL, April 16, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 16, 1980, 17:15 local time
- Place: Plato Center, IL
- Airport: Olson
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.3461° N, 89.2865° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OLSON (5IL1), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3461&lon=-89.2865&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4288F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4288F-2012-06-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 190 total, 44 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI80DEE20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80DEE20) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800416009879A

## Narrative

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

LEFT MAIN WHEEL RAN OFF EDGE OF RUNWAY ON LANDING. AIRPLANE NOSED OVER IN SOFT MUD.

## 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 CHI80DEE20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80DEE20), Apr 16, 1980: Cessna 172 (N4288F), Plato Center, IL, 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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