# Accident 19800828039649A: Cessna 172G, Wabasso, FL, August 28, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 28, 1980, 11:47 local time
- Place: Wabasso, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.7502° N, 80.4433° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wabasso, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.7502&lon=-80.4433&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3885L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3885L-1981-01-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172B (registry code 2072406, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172G
- Reported engine: CONT O300D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 414 total, 6 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA80FA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80FA095) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800828039649A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO MOBILE HOME. NO REASON WAS DETERMINED FOR THE CRASH. WITNESS COULD HEAR NO ENGINE NOISE.

## 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 MIA80FA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80FA095), Aug 28, 1980: Cessna 172 (N3885L), Wabasso, FL, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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