# NTSB DEN80DTM20: Cessna 172N, N739ZB, Tooele, UT, May 14, 1980

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: May 14, 1980
- Place: Tooele, UT · TOOELE, UT
- Location: 40.5394° N, 112.3078° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tooele, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5394&lon=-112.3078&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 15, 1980
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 130899
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN80DTM20
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80DTM20

## NTSB brief

```
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1340  80/5/14    TOOELE,UT           CESSNA 172N         CR-  0  0  1  INSTRUCTIONAL             STUDENT, AGE 27, 24 TOTAL
        TIME - 1300                    N739ZB              PX-  0  0  0  SOLO                      HOURS, 12 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - TOOELE VALLEY
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
          SALT LAKE CITY,UT           RETURN                       TOOELE,UT
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           HARD LANDING                                             LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           NOSE OVER/DOWN                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING
        FACTOR(S)
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SOFT SHOULDERS
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N739ZB](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N739ZB-2006-05-08), registration cancelled 2006-05-08, S/N 17270927, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Registry model: [Cessna 172N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (registry code 2072434) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Tooele Valley

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19800514014569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800514014569A), May 14, 1980: Cessna 172N, Tooele, UT, Substantial damage. Bounced and porpoised on landing. Ran off side of runway. Nosed over in soft mud.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.