# Accident 19800527016899A: Cessna 182, Wattersonville, PA, May 27, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 27, 1980, 17:15 local time
- Place: Wattersonville, PA
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.9812° N, 79.5539° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wattersonville, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9812&lon=-79.5539&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3047Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3047Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182K (registry code 2072724, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,231 total, 1,162 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC80FGM22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC80FGM22) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800527016899A

## Narrative

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

WIND DIRECTION WAS VARIABLE. PILOT LANDED DOWNWIND AND RAN OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY.

## 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 NYC80FGM22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC80FGM22), May 27, 1980: Cessna 182 (N3047Q), Wattersonville, PA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N3047Q (2)

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

- [Incident 20180908013299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180908013299I), Sep 8, 2018: Cessna 182K (N3047Q), Pearland, TX, Minor damage. On 09/08/2018 [privacy data omitted] (student pilot) was performing pattern practice and touch and gos at the Pearland Regional Airport. He had completed five…
- [Accident 20080215013119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080215013119A), Feb 15, 2008: Cessna 182K (N3047Q), Greenville, ME, Destroyed. (-23) On 02/15/2008 at approximately 18:20Z, a CE-182K operated by the pilot [privacy data omitted] struck a snow bank on landing roll out. The runway surface…

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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