# Accident 19761229040279A: Cessna 172E, Columbia, SC, December 29, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 29, 1976
- Place: Columbia, SC
- Airport: Columbia Metro
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 33.9388° N, 81.1195° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COLUMBIA METRO (CAE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9388&lon=-81.1195&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5529T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5529T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172E (registry code 2072412, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 437 total, 381 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA77FLG05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA77FLG05) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761229040279A

## Narrative

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

GUSTY CROSSWIND LIF ED ACFT ONTO LEFT WING AND NOSE DURING TAXI

## 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 MIA77FLG05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA77FLG05), Dec 29, 1976: Cessna 172 (N5529T), Columbia, SC, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5529T (1)

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

- [Accident 19920501013099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920501013099A), May 1, 1992: Cessna 172E (N5529T), Concord, NC, Substantial damage. Lost power on initial climb. Aborted but ran off end of runway. Carburetor icing conditions existed.

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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