# Accident 19780526013569A: Cessna 172D, Gordanville, TX, May 26, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 26, 1978
- Place: Gordanville, TX
- Airport: Cedar Mills Resor
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ops On Grnd From Ldg/Rtrcrft
- Aircraft: N736HJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N736HJ-2014-11-17) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 151 total, 59 in this make and model, 51 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW78FPA26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78FPA26) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780526013569A

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR & PROP CONTACTED RIDGE ON EDGE OF RWY WHILE PLT ATTEMPTO TURN ACFT AROUND.

## 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 FTW78FPA26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78FPA26), May 26, 1978: Cessna R172K (N736HJ), Gordanville, TX, 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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