# Accident 19800802034409A: Cessna 172M, Columbia, CA, August 2, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 2, 1980, 17:35 local time
- Place: Columbia, CA
- Airport: Columbia
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.0304° N, 120.4146° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COLUMBIA (O22), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0304&lon=-120.4146&mi=10
- Aircraft: N51239, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N51239-1983-05-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,241 total, 755 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80FVA57](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FVA57) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800802034409A

## Narrative

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

MADE PREMATURE LIFT-OFF DOWNWIND. HIGH TEMPERATURE. UNABLE TO CLIMB. STALL WARNING ON. STRUCK TREES.

## 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 LAX80FVA57](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FVA57), Aug 2, 1980: Cessna 172M (N51239), Columbia, CA, destroyed

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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