# Accident 19800422010769A: Cessna 172M, Lake Tahoeds, CA, April 22, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 22, 1980, 11:30 local time
- Place: Lake Tahoeds, CA
- Airport: South Lake Tahoe
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N61952, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N61952-1982-01-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 0 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA80FA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA80FA026) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800422010769A

## Narrative

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

DEPARTED VFR INTO LOW CLOUDS, SNOWSHOWERS.  FOUND AIRCRAFT 2 MILES FROM AIRPORT. VERTICAL IMPACT. PILOT DEPRESSED.

## 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 SEA80FA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA80FA026), Apr 22, 1980: Cessna 172M (N61952), So.Lake Tahoe, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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