19781221021559I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172 · Creighton, NE · December 21, 1978

Date: December 21, 1978 · 17:45 local
Place: Creighton, NE
Airport: Municipal
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N733VG
Reported as: Cessna 172
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 320 total270 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N733VGRegistered now · Cessna 172NS/N 17268578 · Built 1977 Airframe modelCessna 172N Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot lost directional control on landing when left wheel and wheel fairing struck a snow drift.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON LANDING WHEN LEFT WHEEL AND WHEEL FAIRING STRUCK A SNOW DRIFT.