# Accident 19801228078339A: Cessna 172L, Petersburg, VA, December 28, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 28, 1980, 20:10 local time
- Place: Petersburg, VA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2047° N, 77.3924° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Petersburg, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2047&lon=-77.3924&mi=10
- Aircraft: N19715, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N19715-2009-07-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172L (registry code 2072432, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172L
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,557 total, 965 in this make and model, 146 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL81FA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FA031) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801228078339A

## Narrative

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

PILOT ENCOUNTERED HEADWINDS ON IFR FLIGHT AND ATTEMPTED ADF APPROACH WHEN WEATHER WAS BELOW MINIMUMS.

## 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 ATL81FA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FA031), Dec 28, 1980: Cessna 172 (N19715), Petersburg, VA, 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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