# Accident 19781227038479A: Cessna 172D, Sedgwick, KS, December 27, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 27, 1978
- Place: Sedgwick, KS
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 37.9183° N, 97.4198° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sedgwick, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9183&lon=-97.4198&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6161E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6161E-2013-02-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 197 total, 197 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC79DCQ07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79DCQ07) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781227038479A

## Narrative

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

OFF AIRPORT OPERATION. WIND GUSTS TO 28 KTS.

## 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 MKC79DCQ07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79DCQ07), Dec 27, 1978: Cessna 172 (N6161E), Sedgwick, KS, 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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