# Accident 19780115001929A: Cessna 172D, Dallas, TX, January 15, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 15, 1978
- Place: Dallas, TX
- Airport: Redbird
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 32.7831° N, 96.8067° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dallas, TX, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7831&lon=-96.8067&mi=10
- Aircraft: N73824, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N73824-1979-11-05) (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: 162 total, 25 in this make and model, 71 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW78FPA12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78FPA12) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780115001929A

## Narrative

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

MAGNETO HAD BINDING INPUT SHAFT.

## 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 FTW78FPA12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78FPA12), Jan 15, 1978: Cessna 172N (N73824), Dallas, TX, substantial damage

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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