# Accident 19800606020119A: Cessna 172, High Falls, NY, June 6, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 6, 1980, 19:30 local time
- Place: High Falls, NY
- Airport: Sheeleys Farm
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.8319° N, 74.1299° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SHEELEY'S FARM (NK08), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8319&lon=-74.1299&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2863L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2863L-2013-06-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172H (registry code 2072424, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,488 total, 1,488 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC80FFA18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC80FFA18) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800606020119A

## Narrative

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

LANDED LONG & FAST. STARTED BELATED GO-AROUND. STRUCK TREES ON DEPARTURE END OF 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 NYC80FFA18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC80FFA18), Jun 6, 1980: Cessna 172 (N2863L), Highland Falls, NY, substantial damage

## Other reports on N2863L (1)

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

- [Accident 19740219003989A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740219003989A), Feb 19, 1974: Cessna 172H (N2863L), Newburgh, NY, Substantial damage. Last apch advsd 45MIN fuel remain,rptd om inbnd fuel ex. Missed apch made abv mda. Last alt ck 1967.

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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