# Accident 19800816036269A: Cessna 177B, Ambler, PA, August 16, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 1980, 14:30 local time
- Place: Ambler, PA
- Airport: Wings
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1376° N, 75.2651° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WINGS FLD (LOM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1376&lon=-75.2651&mi=10
- Aircraft: N34280, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N34280-1981-02-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177B (registry code 2073708, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 414 total, 228 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC80FHD24](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC80FHD24) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800816036269A

## Narrative

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

ON THIRD CROSSWIND GO-AROUND, DRIFTED OFF RUNWAY ALIGNMENT. 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 NYC80FHD24](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC80FHD24), Aug 16, 1980: Cessna 177B (N34280), Ambler, PA, 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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