# Accident 19781227040909A: Cessna 172D, Marfa, TX, December 27, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 27, 1978
- Place: Marfa, TX
- Airport: Marfa Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 30.3711° N, 104.0175° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MARFA MUNI (MRF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3711&lon=-104.0175&mi=10
- Aircraft: N739SS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N739SS-2009-09-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 46 total, 6 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW79FQD04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FQD04) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781227040909A

## 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 FTW79FQD04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FQD04), Dec 27, 1978: Cessna 172N (N739SS), Marfa, TX, destroyed

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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