# Incident 19800904068799I: Cessna 172L, Atlantic City, NJ, September 4, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 1980, 12:00 local time
- Place: Atlantic City, NJ
- Airport: Bader
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.3773° N, 74.4511° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Atlantic City, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3773&lon=-74.4511&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7878G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7878G-2004-04-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172L (registry code 2072432, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172L
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 155 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800904068799I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LEVELLED OFF TOO HIGH, HIT HARD.

## Other reports on N7878G (1)

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

- [Accident 20010812022369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010812022369A), Aug 12, 2001: Cessna 172L (N7878G), Brockport, NY, No damage. (-23) On 08/12/01, N7878G, a C-172-1, crashed at 2255 local, at 7G0, Ledgedale airpark, located in Brockport, NY. The pilot was attempting a night landing…

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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