# Incident 19780306011729I: Cessna 172, Statesville, NC, March 6, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 6, 1978, 11:30 local time
- Place: Statesville, NC
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.7826° N, 80.8873° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Statesville, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7826&lon=-80.8873&mi=10
- Aircraft: N702VP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N702VP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172E (registry code 2072412, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 200 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/19780306011729I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AFTER HARD LANDING.

## Other reports on N702VP (1)

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

- [Incident 19880905050919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880905050919I), Sep 5, 1988: Cessna 172 (N702VP), Mooresville, NC, Minor damage. Engine lost power on takeoff. Forced landing in field beside runway. Minor 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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