# Accident 19780424008919A: Cessna 172D, Elko, NV, April 24, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 24, 1978
- Place: Elko, NV
- Airport: Elko
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 40.8250° N, 115.7913° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ELKO RGNL (EKO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8250&lon=-115.7913&mi=10
- Aircraft: N736KP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N736KP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R172K (registry code 2072431, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r172k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 169 total, 169 in this make and model, 140 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK78DXQ19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78DXQ19) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780424008919A

## 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 OAK78DXQ19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78DXQ19), Apr 24, 1978: Cessna 172 (N736KP), Elko, NV, substantial damage

## Other reports on N736KP (1)

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

- [Accident 20220811014449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220811014449A), Aug 11, 2022: Cessna R172K (N736KP), Fairbanks, AK, Substantial damage. The pilot flew the aircraft from the bradley sky ranch airport (95Z), to the Fairbanks intl. Airport (fai). The pilot was cleared to land on ski 20 (the gravel…

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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