# Accident 19780830033499A: Cessna 172D, San Francisco, CA, August 30, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 1978
- Place: San Francisco, CA
- Airport: San Francisco
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 37.6188° N, 122.3754° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAN FRANCISCO INTL (SFO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6188&lon=-122.3754&mi=10
- Aircraft: N734UF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N734UF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,700 total, 550 in this make and model, 230 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK78DVM43](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78DVM43) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780830033499A

## Narrative

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

ACFT WAS UPSET BY PROPWASH OF LARGE ACFT.WIND GUSTING TO 40KTS.

## 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 OAK78DVM43](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78DVM43), Aug 30, 1978: Cessna 172N (N734UF), San Francisco, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N734UF (1)

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

- [Accident 20160626008229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160626008229A), Jun 26, 2016: Cessna 172N (N734UF), Hollywood, FL, Destroyed. The pilot of a Cessna 172 registered as N734UF was performing take-off and landings on runway 10R at North Perry Airport when at approximately 300 feet during…

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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