# Accident 19781211037999A: Cessna 182H, Fayetteville, WV, December 11, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 11, 1978
- Place: Fayetteville, WV
- Airport: Fayette
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Location: 38.0268° N, 81.1198° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FAYETTE (WV59), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0268&lon=-81.1198&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1197M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1197M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182P (registry code 2075816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182H
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 44 total, 15 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD79FIJ02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79FIJ02) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781211037999A

## Narrative

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

WITNESS STATED NO FLAPS OBSERVED DURING LANDING.

## 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 IAD79FIJ02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79FIJ02), Dec 11, 1978: Cessna 182P (N1197M), Fayetteville, WV, 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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