# Accident 19800615022439A: Cessna 182A, Hartwood, VA, June 15, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 15, 1980, 17:00 local time
- Place: Hartwood, VA
- Airport: Hartwood
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.4846° N, 77.6128° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Hartwood Airport (3VG7), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4846&lon=-77.6128&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5946B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5946B-1982-08-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182A (registry code 2072704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 270 total, 13 in this make and model, 42 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL80FIA11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL80FIA11) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800615022439A

## Narrative

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

LANDED IN WORSENING WEATHER DOWNWIND. RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY INTO TREES. IGNORED FORECAST BAD WEATHER.

## 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 ATL80FIA11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL80FIA11), Jun 15, 1980: Cessna 182A (N5946B), Somerville, VA, destroyed

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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