# Accident 19780627015479A: Cessna 172D, Martinsburg, WV, June 27, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 27, 1978
- Place: Martinsburg, WV
- Airport: Martinsburg
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 39.4578° N, 77.9782° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Martinsburg, WV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4578&lon=-77.9782&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7847T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7847T-1980-11-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172A (registry code 2072404, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 425 total, 425 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD78FIG11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD78FIG11) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780627015479A

## Narrative

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

WIND GUSTS TO 66KTS.

## 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 IAD78FIG11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD78FIG11), Jun 27, 1978: Cessna 172 (N7847T), Martinsburg, WV, 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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