# Accident 19780128001789A: Cessna 172D, Wayne, ME, January 28, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 28, 1978
- Place: Wayne, ME
- Airport: Pocasset Lake
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 44.3487° N, 70.0662° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wayne, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3487&lon=-70.0662&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8818B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8818B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 604 total, 212 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC78DNC12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC78DNC12) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780128001789A

## Narrative

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

UNPREPARED LNDG STRIP,STRUCK SNOW PATCH. STRUCK SNOW PACTC

## 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 NYC78DNC12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC78DNC12), Jan 28, 1978: Cessna 172 (N8818B), Wayne, ME, 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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