# Accident 19790114000819A: Cessna 172, Sturgeon Bay, WI, January 14, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 14, 1979, 16:55 local time
- Place: Sturgeon Bay, WI
- Airport: Cherryland
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.8227° N, 87.3698° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sturgeon Bay, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8227&lon=-87.3698&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6695A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6695A) (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 172
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 100 total, 14 in this make and model, 42 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI79FEP22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FEP22) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790114000819A

## Narrative

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

PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON TAKEOFF, HIT A SNOWBANK.

## 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 CHI79FEP22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FEP22), Jan 14, 1979: Cessna 172 (N6695A), Sturgeon Bay, WI, 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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