# Accident 19800525017779A: Cessna 172A, Lake Tahoe, CA, May 25, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 25, 1980, 13:30 local time
- Place: Lake Tahoe, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9282° N, 119.9810° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of South Lake Tahoe, CA, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9282&lon=-119.9810&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7803T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7803T-2013-02-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172A (registry code 2072404, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172A
- Reported engine: CONT O300C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 111 total, 11 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80FXQ28](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FXQ28) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800525017779A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT CRASHED DURING CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT. INVESTIGATION REVEALED ENGINE IGNITION SYSTEM IN VERY POOR CONDITION.

## 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 LAX80FXQ28](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FXQ28), May 25, 1980: Cessna 172A (N7803T), Tahoe City, CA, substantial damage, 2 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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