# Accident 19800525017119A: Cessna 172M, Palm Springs, CA, May 25, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 25, 1980, 16:00 local time
- Place: Palm Springs, CA
- Airport: Palm Springs
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8297° N, 116.5067° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PALM SPRINGS INTL (PSP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8297&lon=-116.5067&mi=10
- Aircraft: N64361 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 391 total, 333 in this make and model, 86 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80DUG34](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80DUG34) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800525017119A

## Narrative

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

INOP LANDING & TAXI LIGHTS. PILOT BLINDED BY RAMP LIGHTS ON TAXIWAY.PASSENGER GOT OUT TO AID. WALKED INTO PROP.

## 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 LAX80DUG34](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80DUG34), May 25, 1980: Cessna 172 (N64361), Palm Springs, CA, no 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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