# Accident 19800810034989A: Cessna 172, Strongsville, OH, August 10, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 1980, 10:30 local time
- Place: Strongsville, OH
- Airport: Stribgsville
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3128° N, 81.8319° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Strongsville, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3128&lon=-81.8319&mi=10
- Aircraft: N80686 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 83 total, 6 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI80FEI34](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FEI34) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800810034989A

## Narrative

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

PILOT ATTEMPTED LANDING WHEN THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING IN ON FIELD.

## 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 CHI80FEI34](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FEI34), Aug 10, 1980: Cessna 172 (N80686), Strongsville, OH, 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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