# Incident 19780620046929I: Cessna 172, Fairbanks, AK, June 20, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 20, 1978, 00:15 local time
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Airport: Phillips
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 64.8500° N, 147.7930° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Phillips Field, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.8500&lon=-147.7930&mi=10
- Aircraft: N75901, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N75901-1994-02-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 35 total, 35 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780620046929I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AFTER TOUCHDOWN IN A GUSTY WIND.

## Other reports on N75901 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19930709023059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930709023059A), Jul 9, 1993: Cessna 172N (N75901), Alturas, CA, Substantial damage. On takeoff settled back to runway several times. Aborted. Overran runway into ditch. Failed lean for altitude.

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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