# Accident 19800712024919A: Cessna 172D, Lindale, TX, July 12, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 12, 1980, 11:00 local time
- Place: Lindale, TX
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ops On Grnd From Ldg/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4941° N, 95.4073° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lindale, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4941&lon=-95.4073&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2605U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2605U-1983-05-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172D (registry code 2072410, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 324 total, 297 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW80DRJ29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80DRJ29) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800712024919A

## Narrative

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

PLANE VEERED OFF RUNWAY, HIT POLE AND WIRE LANDING LONG AND FAST ON SHORT STRIP. RIGHT BRAKE FAILED.

## 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 FTW80DRJ29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80DRJ29), Jul 12, 1980: Cessna 172 (N2605U), Lindale, TX, 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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