# Accident 19801206072249A: Dhav DHC1, Ocean City, NJ, December 6, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 6, 1980, 14:00 local time
- Place: Ocean City, NJ
- Airport: Ocean City
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2693° N, 74.6014° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ocean City, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2693&lon=-74.6014&mi=10
- Aircraft: N65237, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N65237-1985-10-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland DHC-1 (registry code 2801702, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DHC1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 228 total, 6 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC81FHD09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC81FHD09) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801206072249A

## Narrative

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

LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON TAKEOFF ROLL. HIT RUNWAY LIGHT, CARTWHEELED AND BURNED.

## 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 NYC81FHD09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC81FHD09), Dec 6, 1980: Dehavilland DHC-1 (N65237), Ocean City, NJ, destroyed

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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