# Accident 19780707017399A: Cessna 172D, Wintersburg, AZ, July 7, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 7, 1978
- Place: Wintersburg, AZ
- Airport: Watts
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 33.4122° N, 112.8386° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Watts Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4122&lon=-112.8386&mi=10
- Aircraft: N734TU, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N734TU) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 110 in this make and model, 160 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX78DUJ79](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78DUJ79) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780707017399A

## Narrative

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

POT HOLE.

## 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 LAX78DUJ79](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78DUJ79), Jul 7, 1978: Cessna 172N (N734TU), Wintersburg, AZ, substantial damage

## Other reports on N734TU (1)

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

- [Accident 19940702017209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940702017209A), Jul 2, 1994: Cessna 172N (N734TU), Bristol, NH, Substantial damage. Lost power on sightseeing flight. Collapsed nose gear landing in a field. Found a rag blocking carb heat duct.

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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