# Accident 19780501009049A: Cessna 172D, Fruitport, MI, May 1, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 1, 1978
- Place: Fruitport, MI
- Airport: Flying-A-Ranch
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 43.1051° N, 86.1213° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FLYING-A-RANCH (39Z), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1051&lon=-86.1213&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7819X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7819X-1982-01-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 226 total, 155 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI78FEM16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FEM16) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780501009049A

## Narrative

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

TAXIED ON EMPTY TANK,FAILED TO CHANGE TANKS BEFORE TKOF.

## 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 CHI78FEM16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FEM16), May 1, 1978: Cessna 172B (N7819X), Fruitport, MI, 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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.