# Incident 19780131001749I: Cessna 172N, Cannon, NM, January 31, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 31, 1978, 16:36 local time
- Place: Cannon, NM
- Airport: Cannon Afb
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.3828° N, 103.3222° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CANNON AFB (CVS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.3828&lon=-103.3222&mi=10
- Aircraft: N733YY, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N733YY) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 310 total, 75 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780131001749I

## Narrative

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

PILOT CAUGHT ON TOP WITH FAULTY ARTIFICAL HORIZON. GUDED TO A LANDING AT AN AIR FORCE BASE.

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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