# Accident 19780829026489A: Cessna 172D, Hershey, PA, August 29, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 29, 1978
- Place: Hershey, PA
- Airport: Hershey
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Location: 40.2800° N, 76.6443° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hershey, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2800&lon=-76.6443&mi=10
- Aircraft: N833G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N833G-2007-01-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R172K (registry code 2072431, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r172k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172D
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 272 total, 0 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC78FGT14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC78FGT14) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780829026489A

## Narrative

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

AIRBORNE AFTR LNDG,DRIFTED L,STRUCK A METAL STAKE.

## 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 NYC78FGT14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC78FGT14), Aug 29, 1978: Cessna 172 (N833G), Hershey, PA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N833G (1)

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

- [Accident 19990414003492A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990414003492A), Apr 14, 1999: Cessna R172K (N833G), Lakeland, FL, Substantial damage. Acft was struck by above by N44LE, a Beech BE-55 acft, both acft were approximately 100 feet AGL while on final approach to rwy 9L at the sun and fun air show,…

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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