# Accident 19801102063939A: Cessna 172L, Westfield, WI, November 2, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 2, 1980, 16:53 local time
- Place: Westfield, WI
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.8852° N, 89.4925° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Westfield, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.8852&lon=-89.4925&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7686G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7686G-1983-12-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172L (registry code 2072432, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 198 total, 198 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI81FA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FA005) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801102063939A

## Narrative

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

UPHILL, DOWNWIND TAKEOFF. STRUCK TREE TOPS, STALLED, VERTICAL GROUND IMPACT. LIFT OFF WAS LAST 200 FEET OF RUNWAY.

## 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 CHI81FA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FA005), Nov 2, 1980: Cessna 172 (N7686G), Westfield, WI, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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