# Accident 19781121034639A: Cessna 172D, Circle, MT, November 21, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 21, 1978
- Place: Circle, MT
- Airport: Mc Cone County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 47.4177° N, 105.5870° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Circle, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4177&lon=-105.5870&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7487X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7487X-1980-07-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172B (registry code 2072406, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 121 total, 121 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA79DTA05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA79DTA05) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781121034639A

## Narrative

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

PLT OVERSHOT APCH. HE KNEW FUEL SUPPLY WAS LOW BEFORE DEP FROM HINCH STRIP. ACFT HIT FENCE.

## 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 SEA79DTA05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA79DTA05), Nov 21, 1978: Cessna 172B (N7487X), Circle, MT, 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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.