# Accident 19780715017509A: Cessna 172D, Santa Maria, CA, July 15, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 15, 1978
- Place: Santa Maria, CA
- Airport: Santa Maria
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Location: 34.9331° N, 120.4436° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Maria, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9331&lon=-120.4436&mi=10
- Aircraft: N739FB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 100 total, 8 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX78FUQ37](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78FUQ37) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780715017509A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 LAX78FUQ37](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78FUQ37), Jul 15, 1978: Cessna 172N (N739FB), Santa Maria, CA, 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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