# Accident 19780507023759A: Cessna TL19D, Point Lay, AK, May 7, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 7, 1978
- Place: Point Lay, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ops On Grnd To Tkof/Rtrcrft
- Location: 69.7371° N, 162.8352° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Point Lay, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=69.7371&lon=-162.8352&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5226G (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TL19D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 171 total, 168 in this make and model, 168 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC78DAA14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC78DAA14) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780507023759A

## Narrative

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

TAILWIND GUSTING TO 25KTS.

## 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 ANC78DAA14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC78DAA14), May 7, 1978: Cessna 305 (N5226G), Point Lay, AK, 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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