# Accident 19800705024139A: Cessna 172N, Green Valley, AZ, July 5, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 5, 1980, 15:30 local time
- Place: Green Valley, AZ
- Airport: Continental
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.8437° N, 110.9770° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Continental Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8437&lon=-110.9770&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4819D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4819D-1980-08-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 769 total, 235 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81FUJ80](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FUJ80-202511) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800705024139A

## Narrative

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

INADVERTENT PREMATURE LIFTOFF. VEERED OFF RUNWAY ALIGNMENT TRYING TO FLARE FOR TOUCHDOWN. HIT DIRT BANK.

## 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 LAX81FUJ80](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FUJ80-202511), Jul 5, 1980: Cessna 172N (N4819D), Green Valley, AZ, 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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