# Accident 19800618022529A: Cessna 172N, Aransas Pass, TX, June 18, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 18, 1980, 09:30 local time
- Place: Aransas Pass, TX
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.8931° N, 97.1210° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Aransas Pass, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.8931&lon=-97.1210&mi=10
- Aircraft: N738UJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N738UJ-1983-09-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 46 total, 46 in this make and model, 46 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW80DRG48](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80DRG48) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800618022529A

## Narrative

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

SLOWED FOR AIRPLANE ON RUNWAY. TRIED TO GO AROUND, STALLED, CONTACTED WATER OFF APPROACH 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 FTW80DRG48](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80DRG48), Jun 18, 1980: Cessna 172 (N738UJ), Aransas Pass, TX, 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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