# Incident 19781211024749I: Cessna 172, Buckeye, AZ, December 11, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 11, 1978, 15:30 local time
- Place: Buckeye, AZ
- Airport: Pierce
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ops On Grnd From Ldg/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3664° N, 112.6180° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Pierce Airport (10AZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3664&lon=-112.6180&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9518H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9518H-1999-04-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 73 total, 4 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781211024749I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LANDED AT AN UNFAMILIAR AIRPORT FOR FUEL. EXITED THE TAXIWAY INTO A DRAINAGE DITCH.

## Other reports on N9518H (3)

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

- [Accident 19971125042741A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971125042741A), Nov 25, 1997: Cessna 172M (N9518H), El Cajon, CA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. 9518H, while making a non-standard departure, collided with 757FT that was downwind in pattern. (.4)the solo student pilot was cleared to takeoff with…
- [Accident 19840602022019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840602022019A), Jun 2, 1984: Cessna 172M (N9518H), San Fernando, CA, Substantial damage. Pilot made hard landing and bounced causing nose wheel to collapse.
- [Accident 19760415008159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760415008159A), Apr 15, 1976: Cessna 172D (N9518H), Oxnard, CA, Substantial damage. Wea brief by ctl twr. Gusting to 50K.

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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