# Accident 19800924048799A: Cessna 172, Guanica, Puerto Rico, September 24, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 24, 1980, 06:45 local time
- Place: Guanica, Puerto Rico
- Airport: Guanica
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 17.9685° N, 66.9292° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Guánica, PR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=17.9685&lon=-66.9292&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3608S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3608S-1997-01-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172E (registry code 2072412, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 291 total, 21 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA80FKA10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80FKA10) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800924048799A

## Narrative

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

LANDED ON DIRT ROAD. BEGAN GO-AROUND DUE TO PARKED VEHICLE. VEERED INTO BORDERING CANE FIELD, STALLED INTO CANE.

## 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 MIA80FKA10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80FKA10), Sep 24, 1980: Cessna 172 (N3608S), Guanica, PR, destroyed

## Other reports on N3608S (1)

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

- [Accident 19951126038439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951126038439A), Nov 26, 1995: Cessna 172E (N3608S), Lajas, Puerto Rico, Substantial damage. Lost power local flight. Landed farm field. Found water in fuel system.

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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