# Accident 19780430010309A: Cessna 172D, Port Townsend, WA, April 30, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 1978
- Place: Port Townsend, WA
- Airport: Jefferson County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Sfl Go Around
- Location: 48.0538° N, 122.8106° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JEFFERSON COUNTY INTL (0S9), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.0538&lon=-122.8106&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7222G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7222G-2017-02-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172K (registry code 2072430, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 852 total, 319 in this make and model, 136 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA78FYE21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA78FYE21) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780430010309A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT OVERSHOT SIMULATED FORCED LDG. IP ATTMPTD GO ARND WITH PAL PWR & FULL FLAPS.

## 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 SEA78FYE21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA78FYE21), Apr 30, 1978: Cessna 172 (N7222G), Port Townsend, WA, substantial 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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