# Accident 19801121072949A: Cessna 177B, Bridgeport, NJ, November 21, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 21, 1980, 03:36 local time
- Place: Bridgeport, NJ
- Airport: Bridgeport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8009° N, 75.3469° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bridgeport, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8009&lon=-75.3469&mi=10
- Aircraft: N30854, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N30854-1982-03-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177B (registry code 2073708, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177B
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 550 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC81FA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC81FA011) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801121072949A

## Narrative

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

POSITION OF WRECKAGE INDICATES PILOT LOST CONTROL ON LANDING APPROACH IN FOR AND DARK NIGHT. ALCOHOL INVOLVMENT.

## 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 NYC81FA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC81FA011), Nov 21, 1980: Cessna 177B (N30854), Bridgeport, NJ, destroyed, 4 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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