# Incident 19801026075989I: Cessna 172K, Ronkonkoma, NY, October 26, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 26, 1980, 16:58 local time
- Place: Ronkonkoma, NY
- Airport: Macarthur
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8035° N, 73.1245° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ronkonkoma, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8035&lon=-73.1245&mi=10
- Aircraft: N79254 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172K
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801026075989I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF WITH WING TIP MISSING.

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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