# Accident 19800822037479A: Cessna 172, Ft Worth, TX, August 22, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 22, 1980, 15:00 local time
- Place: Ft Worth, TX
- Airport: Sycamore
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7254° N, 97.3208° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Worth, TX, within about 11 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7254&lon=-97.3208&mi=10
- Aircraft: N101E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N101E-1989-03-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,025 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW80FPD42](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FPD42) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800822037479A

## Narrative

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

PILOT SAID AIRCRAFT HIT DOWNDRAFT AFTER TAKEOFF. HE WAS UNABLE TO AVOID CRASH.

## 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 FTW80FPD42](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FPD42), Aug 22, 1980: Cessna 172 (N101E), Fort Worth, TX, 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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