# Accident 19801008049649A: Cessna 172N, College Park, MD, October 8, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 8, 1980, 16:20 local time
- Place: College Park, MD
- Airport: College Park
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9805° N, 76.9222° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COLLEGE PARK (CGS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9805&lon=-76.9222&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2812E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2812E-1980-12-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 81 total, 21 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL81FIG01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FIG01) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801008049649A

## Narrative

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

FLOATED HALFWAY DOWN RUNWAY. BOUNCED RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY INTO A DITCH.

## 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 ATL81FIG01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FIG01), Oct 8, 1980: Cessna 172N (N2812E), College Park, MD, substantial damage

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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