# Incident 19780630034969I: Cessna 152, Griffith, IN, June 30, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 30, 1978, 14:20 local time
- Place: Griffith, IN
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5276° N, 87.4239° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Griffith, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5276&lon=-87.4239&mi=10
- Aircraft: N757QW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N757QW-1993-02-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 100 total, 7 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/19780630034969I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AFTER TOUCHDOWN.

## Other reports on N757QW (2)

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

- [Incident 19920315008619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920315008619I), Mar 15, 1992: Cessna 152 (N757QW), Orlando, FL, Minor damage. Student pilot on first solo crosscounty. Made a hard landing due to a wind gust. Nose wheel broke on second bounce.
- [Incident 19810616054449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810616054449I), Jun 16, 1981: Cessna 152 (N757QW), Orlando, FL, Minor damage. Lost control on landing while distracted raising flaps. Airplane tipped up on runway, nicked propeller.

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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