# Accident 19800626023319A: Cessna 170A, Garretson, SD, June 26, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 26, 1980, 15:30 local time
- Place: Garretson, SD
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.7148° N, 96.5033° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Garretson, SD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.7148&lon=-96.5033&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9926A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9926A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170A (registry code 2072304, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C145 series (registry code 17012, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,071 total, 446 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN80FTK14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80FTK14) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800626023319A

## Narrative

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

UNABLE TO STOP ON LENGTH OF PRIVATE STRIP. STRUCK A FENCEPOST AT 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 DEN80FTK14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80FTK14), Jun 26, 1980: Cessna 170A (N9926A), Garrettson, SD, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9926A (1)

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

- [Incident 20250723009759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250723009759I), Jul 23, 2025: Cessna 170A (N9926A), Concord, NH, Minor damage. On July 23, 2025, pilot conducted a local pleasure flight that lasted 8/10TH of an hour. Aircraft was a C-170, [privacy data omitted] - PIC was the only…

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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