# Accident 19801222089879A: Cessna 172N, Venice, FL, December 22, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 22, 1980, 19:49 local time
- Place: Venice, FL
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.1170° N, 82.4152° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Venice, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.1170&lon=-82.4152&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5093G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5093G-1983-05-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 127 total, 27 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA81FA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA81FA029) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801222089879A

## Narrative

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

PILOT CONTINUED INTO DETERIORATING WEATHER & CRASHED TRYING TO FIND AIRPORT.

## 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 MIA81FA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA81FA029), Dec 22, 1980: Cessna 172N (N5093G), Venice, FL, destroyed, 2 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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