# Accident 19800830039109A: Cessna 172N, Jekyll Island, GA, August 30, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 1980, 12:15 local time
- Place: Jekyll Island, GA
- Airport: Jekyll Island
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.0745° N, 81.4278° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JEKYLL ISLAND (09J), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.0745&lon=-81.4278&mi=10
- Aircraft: N739FX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N739FX-2017-06-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 390 total, 184 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL80DLA12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL80DLA12) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800830039109A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO TREES AT END OF RUNWAY AS PILOT ATTEMPTED GO-AROUND.

## 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 ATL80DLA12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL80DLA12), Aug 30, 1980: Cessna 172 (N739FX), Jekyll Island, GA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N739FX (1)

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

- [Accident 19990429004201A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990429004201A), Apr 29, 1999: Cessna 172N (N739FX), Winter Haven, FL, Substantial damage. N48870 was on short final. N739FX was on top of N48870 on short final. N739FX hit N48870 and both aircraft crashed at Winter Haven, FL. (.19) on April 29,…

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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