# Accident 19800503012799A: Cessna 172M, Ravenna, OH, May 3, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 3, 1980, 20:40 local time
- Place: Ravenna, OH
- Airport: Portage Co
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.2102° N, 81.2516° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PORTAGE COUNTY (POV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2102&lon=-81.2516&mi=10
- Aircraft: N737KL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N737KL-2008-06-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 54 total, 11 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI80FEI16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FEI16) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800503012799A

## Narrative

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

AIRPLANE APPEARED NOSE HEAVY ON TAKEOFF. ABORTED, RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY. AIRPLANE TRIMMED NOSE DOWN.

## 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 CHI80FEI16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FEI16), May 3, 1980: Cessna 172 (N737KL), Ravenna, OH, substantial damage

## Other reports on N737KL (1)

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

- [Accident 19900531018279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900531018279A), May 31, 1990: Cessna 172N (N737KL), Northwood, OH, Substantial damage. Ran out of fuel over city, landed nose first in a field, collapsed nose gear and flipped over.

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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