# Accident 19800708024789A: Cessna 172H, Morgantown, KY, July 8, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 1980, 20:00 local time
- Place: Morgantown, KY
- Airport: Morgantown
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2174° N, 86.7002° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Morgantown, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2174&lon=-86.7002&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1618F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1618F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172H (registry code 2072424, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172H
- Reported engine: CONT O300D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 213 total, 143 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL80DLQ21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL80DLQ21) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800708024789A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT DUE TO FAILED EXHAUST VALVE, NEAR AIRPORT. CRASH LANDED IN CORNFIELD, NOSED OVER SHORT 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 ATL80DLQ21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL80DLQ21), Jul 8, 1980: Cessna 172 (N1618F), Morgantown, KY, substantial damage

## Other reports on N1618F (1)

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

- [Incident 19910421016639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910421016639I), Apr 21, 1991: Cessna 172H (N1618F), Mineral Wells, WV, Substantial damage. Pilot accidently dropped nose wheel into a ditch while taxiing aircraft to charge battery. Aircraft flipped over.

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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