# Accident 19780407029089A: Cessna 172D, Miles City, FL, April 7, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 7, 1978
- Place: Miles City, FL
- Airport: Quakenassee Holw
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Location: 26.1543° N, 81.3445° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Miles City, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1543&lon=-81.3445&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6886A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6886A-2013-07-29) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,067 total, 894 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA78FA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78FA062) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780407029089A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 MIA78FA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78FA062), Apr 7, 1978: Cessna 172 (N6886A), Miles City, FL, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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