# Accident 19800629042729A: Cessna 172, Mammoth Lakes, CA, June 29, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 29, 1980, 15:10 local time
- Place: Mammoth Lakes, CA
- Airport: Mammoth Lakes
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6244° N, 118.9884° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mammoth Lakes, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6244&lon=-118.9884&mi=10
- Aircraft: N73185, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N73185-1981-10-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 400 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80DXQ35](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80DXQ35) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800629042729A

## Narrative

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

LOST CONTROL AFTER TAKEOFF DUE TO SEVERE CROSSWIND, TURBULENCE AND HIGH ALTITUDE. SETTLED TO GROUND OFF 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 LAX80DXQ35](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80DXQ35), Jun 29, 1980: Cessna 172 (N73185), Mammoth Lakes, CA, 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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