# Accident 19780216003469A: Cessna 172G, Taylor, AZ, February 16, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 16, 1978
- Place: Taylor, AZ
- Airport: Taylor
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 34.4527° N, 110.1150° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TAYLOR (TYL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4527&lon=-110.1150&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4264L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4264L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172G (registry code 2072420, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172G
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 108 total, 108 in this make and model, 53 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX78DUJ27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78DUJ27) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780216003469A

## Narrative

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

WND GUSTING 20K.

## 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 LAX78DUJ27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78DUJ27), Feb 16, 1978: Cessna 172G (N4264L), Taylor, AZ, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4264L (1)

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

- [Incident 19840106022149I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840106022149I), Jan 6, 1984: Cessna 172G (N4264L), Mesa, AZ. Oil coming out of engine compartment. Found push rod housings at no. 3 cylinder leaking badly. Made highway landing

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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