# Accident 19780527014529A: Cessna 172D, Fairburn, GA, May 27, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 27, 1978
- Place: Fairburn, GA
- Airport: South Fulton
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 33.5376° N, 84.6388° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at South Fulton Airport (89GE), closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5376&lon=-84.6388&mi=10
- Aircraft: N736LY (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 285 total, 240 in this make and model, 66 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA78FKG44](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78FKG44) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780527014529A

## Narrative

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

PLT REPORTED CHT GAUGE PEAKED OUT IN RED IMMEDIATELY AFTR TKOF.NOF FOUND.

## 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 MIA78FKG44](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78FKG44), May 27, 1978: Cessna 172XP (N736LY), Fairburn, GA, 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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