# Incident 19820408013619I: Cessna 172I, Farmingdale, NY, April 8, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 8, 1982, 07:15 local time
- Place: Farmingdale, NY
- Airport: Municipal
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7328° N, 73.4468° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Farmingdale, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7328&lon=-73.4468&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8417L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8417L-1991-02-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172I (registry code 2072426, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172i) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172I
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 860 total, 750 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820408013619I

## Narrative

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

ON FINAL APPROACH, PILOT ENCOUNTERED A DOWNDRAFT AND MADE A HARD LANDING.

## Other reports on N8417L (2)

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

- [Incident 19800812076979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800812076979I), Aug 12, 1980: Cessna 172I (N8417L), Clinton, MD, Minor damage. Struck parked aircraft while taxiing.
- [Incident 19800225029609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800225029609I), Feb 25, 1980: Cessna 172I (N8417L), Clinton, MD, Minor damage. Student was high on approach, but thought brakes would stop him. Ran off end of runway.

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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