# Accident 19800622024429A: Cessna 172N, Belvidere, IL, June 22, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 22, 1980, 13:30 local time
- Place: Belvidere, IL
- Airport: Belvidere
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2654° N, 88.8878° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Belvidere, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2654&lon=-88.8878&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4770J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4770J-2015-12-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 24 total, 24 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI80DEE29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80DEE29) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800622024429A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT ALLOWED AIRPLANE TO DRIFT OFF RUNWAY ALIGNMENT ON CLIMBOUT. UNABLE TO CLEAR TREES. ABORTED, NOSED OVER.

## 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 CHI80DEE29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80DEE29), Jun 22, 1980: Cessna 172N (N4770J), Belvidere, IL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4770J (1)

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

- [Accident 19890814029209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890814029209A), Aug 14, 1989: Cessna 172P (N4770J), Ravenna, OH, Substantial damage. Lost control on power application for touch and go. Ran off runway and struck a parked aircraft.

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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