# Accident 19801019057899A: Cessna 172N, Gary, IN, October 19, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 19, 1980, 10:00 local time
- Place: Gary, IN
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5934° N, 87.3464° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gary, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5934&lon=-87.3464&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6445D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6445D-2018-06-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 469 total, 449 in this make and model, 67 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI81FET01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FET01) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801019057899A

## Narrative

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

BOUNCED & BALLOONED ON LANDING. INSTRUCTOR FAILED TO CORRECT SITUATION. HARD LANDING DAMAGED AIRPLANE.

## 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 CHI81FET01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FET01), Oct 19, 1980: Cessna 172 (N6445D), Gary, IN, substantial damage

## Other reports on N6445D (2)

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

- [Incident 19840924059169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840924059169I), Sep 24, 1984: Cessna 172N (N6445D), Griffith, IN, Minor damage. Wing tip struck wing tip of a parked aircraft while taxiing for takeoff in close quarters between aircraft rows.
- [Incident 19840714047069I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840714047069I), Jul 14, 1984: Cessna 172N (N6445D), Joliet, IL, Minor damage. Unable to stop on the runway after landing. Struck a fuel tank vent pipe off the end of the runway.

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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