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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172 · Oxford, MS · July 8, 1978

Date
July 8, 1978 · 18:45 local
Place
Oxford, MS
Airport
University
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N734AE
Reported as
Cessna 172
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
43 total4 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Student pilot landed long. Failed to close throttle. Was on an unauthorized cross-country. Left tire blew out.

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT PILOT LANDED LONG. FAILED TO CLOSE THROTTLE. WAS ON AN UNAUTHORIZED CROSS-COUNTRY. LEFT TIRE BLEW OUT.