# Accident 19780422011799A: Cessna 172D, Benoit, MS, April 22, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 22, 1978
- Place: Benoit, MS
- Airport: Dahomey Plantatio
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 33.6516° N, 91.0087° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Benoit, MS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6516&lon=-91.0087&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2304U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2304U-1981-03-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 581 total, 30 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA78FA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78FA069) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780422011799A

## Narrative

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

LOW PASS AFTR TKOF.HIT PWR LINES.

## 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 MIA78FA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78FA069), Apr 22, 1978: Cessna 172 (N2304U), Benoit, MS, destroyed, 1 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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