# Accident 19800830038189A: Cessna 172H, Stonewall, TX, August 30, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 1980, 08:10 local time
- Place: Stonewall, TX
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.2536° N, 98.6609° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Stonewall, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2536&lon=-98.6609&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2597L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2597L-1980-11-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172H (registry code 2072424, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172H
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 65 total, 5 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW80FRG69](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FRG69) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800830038189A

## Narrative

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

PILOT ATTEMPTING LANDING AT PRIVATE STRIP LOST CONTROL AND CRASHED INTO TREES OFF SIDE OF RUNWAY.

## 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 FTW80FRG69](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FRG69), Aug 30, 1980: Cessna 172H (N2597L), Stonewall, TX, 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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