# Accident 19800916066109A: Cessna 177RG, Lopez, WA, September 16, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 1980, 21:15 local time
- Place: Lopez, WA
- Airport: Lopez
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.5237° N, 122.9146° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lopez, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.5237&lon=-122.9146&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7514V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7514V-1981-10-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177RG (registry code 2073709, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177RG
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 4,609 total, 400 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA80FA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA80FA049) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800916066109A

## Narrative

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

AIRPLANE STRUCK A DEER ON ITS TAKEOFF ROLL LIFTED OFF, STRUCK TREES. LANDING, TAXI LIGHTS NOT ON. THICK FOG.

## 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 SEA80FA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA80FA049), Sep 16, 1980: Cessna 177RG (N7514V), Lopez, WA, destroyed, 4 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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