# Accident 19800607017939A: Cessna 195A, Opa Locka, FL, June 7, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 7, 1980, 09:40 local time
- Place: Opa Locka, FL
- Airport: Opa Locka West
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.9525° N, 80.4192° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Opa Locka West Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.9525&lon=-80.4192&mi=10
- Aircraft: N195ES (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 195A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,120 total, 2,300 in this make and model, 43 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA80FKT44](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80FKT44) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800607017939A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE STOPPED ON APPROACH TO AIRPORT. CRASHLANDED OFF AIRPORT. FUEL SELECTOR VALVE VIBRATED TO OFF.

## 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 MIA80FKT44](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80FKT44), Jun 7, 1980: Cessna 195 (N195ES), Opa Locka, FL, substantial 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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