# Accident 19801229080859A: Cessna 172M, Ithaca, NY, December 29, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 29, 1980, 20:35 local time
- Place: Ithaca, NY
- Airport: Tompkins Co
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4439° N, 76.5031° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ithaca, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4439&lon=-76.5031&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5161R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5161R-1981-09-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 694 total, 694 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI81FA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FA013) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801229080859A

## Narrative

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

DESCENDED BELOW MINIMAL ON ILS APPROACH. HIT TREES SHORT OF RUNWAY. WAS ADVISED LANDING WAS ILLEGAL.

## 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 CHI81FA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FA013), Dec 29, 1980: Cessna 172M (N5161R), Ithaca, NY, destroyed, 1 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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