# Accident 19800929045669A: Cessna 172, Holton, KS, September 29, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 29, 1980, 20:15 local time
- Place: Holton, KS
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.4699° N, 95.7326° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Holton, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4699&lon=-95.7326&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7424A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7424A-1983-11-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 86 total, 7 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC80DCG48](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC80DCG48) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800929045669A

## Narrative

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

PROCEEDED INTO AREA OF LOW CIELING AND VISIBILITY. DELAYED TURNING BACK. FORCED TO LAND. OVERSHOT FIELD, HIT FENCE.

## 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 MKC80DCG48](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC80DCG48), Sep 29, 1980: Cessna 172 (N7424A), Holton, KS, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7424A (1)

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

- [Accident 19820909061639A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820909061639A), Sep 9, 1982: Cessna 172 (N7424A), Vian, OK, Substantial damage. Engine quit on low altitude flight, stalled aircraft on pull up to miss wires. Possible carb ice or engine load up.

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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