# Accident 19780930031899A: Cessna 172M, Willits, CA, September 30, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 1978
- Place: Willits, CA
- Airport: Ells-Willits Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 39.4513° N, 123.3723° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ELLS FLD/WILLITS MUNI (O28), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4513&lon=-123.3723&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1463U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1463U-1978-09-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 113 total, 10 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK78DVD57](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78DVD57) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780930031899A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 OAK78DVD57](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78DVD57), Sep 30, 1978: Cessna 172 (N1463U), Willits, CA, destroyed

## Other reports on N1463U (1)

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

- [Incident 19780319009139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780319009139I), Mar 19, 1978: Cessna 172 (N1463U), Healdsburg, CA, Minor damage. Pilot aborted takeoff with a loaded airplane on a short runway. Ranoff the runway end.

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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