# Accident 19800807033429A: Wthrly 201, Redding, CA, August 7, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 1980, 16:00 local time
- Place: Redding, CA
- Airport: Benton
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5737° N, 122.4073° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BENTON FLD (O85), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5737&lon=-122.4073&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4126H (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: WTHRLY 201
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 288 total, 100 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80DVG64](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80DVG64) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800807033429A

## Narrative

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

LANDED HALF WAY DOWN RUNWAY. UNABLE TO STOP. RAN OFF END, DOWN AN EMBANKMENT.

## 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 LAX80DVG64](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80DVG64), Aug 7, 1980: Mooney M20J (N4126H), Redding, CA, 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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.