# Accident 19780706017979A: Cessna 172D, Chesaning, MI, July 6, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 6, 1978
- Place: Chesaning, MI
- Airport: Private Airstrip
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 43.1846° N, 84.1199° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chesaning, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1846&lon=-84.1199&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8189U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8189U-2017-10-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172F (registry code 2072414, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 664 total, 449 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI78FEM25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FEM25) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780706017979A

## Narrative

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

DRIFTED INTO WHEAT.

## 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 CHI78FEM25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FEM25), Jul 6, 1978: Cessna 172 (N8189U), Chesaning, MI, 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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