# Accident 19780825025069A: Cessna 172D, Elk City, OK, August 25, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 1978
- Place: Elk City, OK
- Airport: Robert Hefner
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Location: 35.3896° N, 99.4287° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Elk City, OK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3896&lon=-99.4287&mi=10
- Aircraft: N736CG (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 156 total, 35 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW78DPJ37](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78DPJ37) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780825025069A

## Narrative

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

WIND GUSTING TO 17KTS.

## 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 FTW78DPJ37](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78DPJ37), Aug 25, 1978: Cessna 172XP (N736CG), Elk City, OK, 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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