# Accident 19800818036479A: Cessna 172H, Perkasie, PA, August 18, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 1980, 13:15 local time
- Place: Perkasie, PA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3717° N, 75.2928° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Perkasie, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3717&lon=-75.2928&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2409L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2409L-1983-04-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172H
- Reported engine: CONT O300*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 270 total, 270 in this make and model, 64 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC80FHA28](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC80FHA28) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800818036479A

## Narrative

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

REPORTED ENGINE QUIT EN ROUTE. OVERSHOT EMERGENCY LANDING AREA. NO ENGINE DEFECTS FOUND.

## 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 NYC80FHA28](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC80FHA28), Aug 18, 1980: Cessna 172 (N2409L), Perkasia, PA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N2409L (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19780817030229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780817030229A), Aug 17, 1978: Cessna 172H (N2409L), Morristown, NJ, Substantial damage. Navion N91528,substantial dmg.Cessna parking brake inop.

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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