# Accident 19780729024579A: Cessna 172M, Essex, CT, July 29, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 1978
- Place: Essex, CT
- Airport: Goodspeed Dock
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 41.3534° N, 72.3906° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Essex, CT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3534&lon=-72.3906&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1641V (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 150 total, 1 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC78FNE29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC78FNE29) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780729024579A

## Narrative

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

FLOAT EQUIPPED.

## 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 NYC78FNE29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC78FNE29), Jul 29, 1978: Cessna 172 (N1641V), Essex, CT, 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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