19790115000859A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172 · Destin, FL · January 15, 1979

Date
January 15, 1979 · 16:00 local
Place
Destin, FL
Airport
Destin-Ft Walton
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N75914
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA79DKJ22
Reported as
Cessna 172
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
84 total12 in this make and model7 in the last 90 days

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.

Aircraft porpoised after hard landing - causing nose tire failure and prop striking runway.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT PORPOISED AFTER HARD LANDING - CAUSING NOSE TIRE FAILURE AND PROP STRIKING RUNWAY.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.