# Accident 19780617016559A: Cessna 172D, Cheney, WA, June 17, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 17, 1978
- Place: Cheney, WA
- Airport: Fowlers Ne 40
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 47.4911° N, 117.5815° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cheney, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4911&lon=-117.5815&mi=10
- Aircraft: N79026, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N79026-1980-10-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172K (registry code 2072430, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172D
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 969 total, 360 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA78DYP36](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA78DYP36) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780617016559A

## Narrative

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

HIT DITCH.

## 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 SEA78DYP36](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA78DYP36), Jun 17, 1978: Cessna 172 (N79026), Cheney, 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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