# Accident 19781217042099A: Cessna 172D, Rawlings, WY, December 17, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 17, 1978
- Place: Rawlings, WY
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 41.7851° N, 107.2247° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rawlins, WY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7851&lon=-107.2247&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7015A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7015A-1979-03-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 32 total, 8 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN79FTC05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN79FTC05) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781217042099A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 DEN79FTC05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN79FTC05), Dec 17, 1978: Cessna 172 (N7015A), Rawlings, WY, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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