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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172N · Butler, AL · July 3, 1980

Date
July 3, 1980 · 21:40 local
Place
Butler, AL
Airport
Choctaw Co
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N738AU
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL80DKJ16
Reported as
Cessna 172N
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
112 total9 in this make and model18 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft crashed just short of runway. Engine quit on final approach. Fuel exhaustion.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT CRASHED JUST SHORT OF RUNWAY. ENGINE QUIT ON FINAL APPROACH. FUEL EXHAUSTION.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.