# Accident 19780910043499A: Cessna 172D, Mackinaw City, MI, September 10, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 10, 1978
- Place: Mackinaw City, MI
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 45.7839° N, 84.7566° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mackinaw City, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.7839&lon=-84.7566&mi=10
- Aircraft: N84380, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N84380-1982-03-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172K (registry code 2072430, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 225 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI78FA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FA065) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780910043499A

## Narrative

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

BRIDGE.NO WX REQUESTED OR PROVIDED FOR IN BRIEFING FOR MACKINAC STS AREA.

## 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 CHI78FA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FA065), Sep 10, 1978: Cessna 172K (N84380), Mackinaw City, MI, destroyed, 3 fatal

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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