# Incident 19800424046549I: Cessna 337A, Jekyll Island, GA, April 24, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 24, 1980, 10:40 local time
- Place: Jekyll Island, GA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.0625° N, 81.4137° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jekyll Island, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.0625&lon=-81.4137&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6263F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6263F-2012-01-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 337A (registry code 2075704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-337a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 337A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,400 total, 8 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/19800424046549I

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTED NEAR MISS WITH BUZZARD ABOUT 50 FEET ABOVE RUNWAY ON FINAL. TOUCHED DOWN HARD, BLEW TIRE.

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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