# Accident 19780109000029A: Cessna 172D, Landsdale, PA, January 9, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 9, 1978
- Place: Landsdale, PA
- Airport: Montgomeryville
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Aircraft: N738QS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N738QS-1982-12-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 868 total, 168 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC78FHA10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC78FHA10) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780109000029A

## Narrative

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

WIND GUSTING TO 39KTS.

## 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 NYC78FHA10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC78FHA10), Jan 9, 1978: Cessna 172 (N738QS), Landsdale, PA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N738QS (1)

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

- [Accident 19820320004889A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820320004889A), Mar 20, 1982: Cessna 172N (N738QS), Francisco, NC, Destroyed. Fatigued VFR pilot flew into adverse weather en route at night. Lost control. Forecast was MVFR to IFR.

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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