# Accident 19801207070929A: Cessna 172N, Tangier Island, VA, December 7, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 7, 1980, 10:30 local time
- Place: Tangier Island, VA
- Airport: Tangier Island
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.8259° N, 75.9977° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TANGIER ISLAND (TGI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8259&lon=-75.9977&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5456K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5456K-2007-05-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (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
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 357 total, 225 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL81FID05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FID05) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801207070929A

## Narrative

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

PILOT STALLED & CRASHED AIRPLANE JUST SHORT OF RUNWAY DURING LANDING APPROACH.

## 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 ATL81FID05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FID05), Dec 7, 1980: Cessna 172 (N5456K), Tangier Island, VA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5456K (1)

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

- [Accident 20050312003339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050312003339A), Mar 12, 2005: Cessna 172P (N5456K), Huntsville, AL, Destroyed. (-23) While on approach to rwy 17, pilot in command lost control of airplane in crosswind, resulting in uncontrolled touchdown, and post crash fire due to…

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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