# Accident 19811222080679A: Tcraft BL, League City, TX, December 22, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 22, 1981, 10:00 local time
- Place: League City, TX
- Airport: Houston Gulf
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.5083° N, 95.0514° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Houston Gulf Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5083&lon=-95.0514&mi=10
- Aircraft: N77180 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: TCRAFT BL
- Reported engine: CONT IO360H
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 172 total, 8 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW82DRA13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DRA13) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811222080679A

## Narrative

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

BALLOONED ON PRACTICE CROSSWIND LANDING. LOST CONTROL TRYING TO MAKE A GOAROUND. HIT FENCE 50 FEET LEFT OF RUNWAY.

## 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 FTW82DRA13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DRA13), Dec 22, 1981: Bellanca 8KCAB (N77180), League City, TX, 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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