# Accident 19781122040249A: Cessna 172D, Eveleth, MN, November 22, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 22, 1978
- Place: Eveleth, MN
- Airport: Ely Lake
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 47.4758° N, 92.5476° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Eveleth, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4758&lon=-92.5476&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9816G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9816G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172L (registry code 2072432, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172l) (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: 2,354 total, 250 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC79DER06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79DER06) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781122040249A

## Narrative

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

LANDED FLOAT PLANE ON FROZEN LAKE,COLLIDED WITH CHAMPION N7434B OORELINE.

## 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 MKC79DER06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79DER06), Nov 22, 1978: Cessna 172 (N9816G), Eveleth, MO, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9816G (1)

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

- [Accident 20130531010019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130531010019A), May 31, 2013: Cessna 172L (N9816G), Millinocket, ME, Substantial damage. On 5/31/2013 N9816G, a Cessna 172L departed greenville, ME to Millinocket, ME (mlt) with one soul on board, the [privacy data omitted], a student pilot. Upon…

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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