# Accident 19781012031639A: Cessna 172L, Woodbridge, VA, October 12, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 12, 1978
- Place: Woodbridge, VA
- Airport: Woodbridge
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Location: 38.6403° N, 77.2558° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Woodbridge, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6403&lon=-77.2558&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3881Q (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172L
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,419 total, 365 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD79FIA01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79FIA01) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781012031639A

## 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 IAD79FIA01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79FIA01), Oct 12, 1978: Cessna 172 (N3881Q), Woodbridge, VA, 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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