# Accident 19781025034069A: Cessna 172D, San Juan, Puerto Rico, October 25, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 1978
- Place: San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Airport: San Juan International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 18.4578° N, 66.1211° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAN JUAN (PR34), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.4578&lon=-66.1211&mi=10
- Aircraft: N61567, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N61567) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (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: 875 total, 272 in this make and model, 43 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79FKA01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FKA01) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781025034069A

## Narrative

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

ACFT FLIPPED OVER.

## 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 MIA79FKA01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FKA01), Oct 25, 1978: Cessna 172 (N61567), San Juan, PR, substantial damage

## Other reports on N61567 (2)

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

- [Incident 19820113005279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820113005279I), Jan 13, 1982: Cessna 172M (N61567), Farmingdale, NY. Za lost oil pressure. Made unscheduled landing. Engine checked out normal on the ground. Problem cause unknown.
- [Incident 19780114003059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780114003059I), Jan 14, 1978: Cessna 172 (N61567), Mayaguez, U.S. Virgin Islands, Minor damage. Veered off side of runway into tall grass. Student pilot.

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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