19790117000969A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172 · Miami, FL · January 17, 1979

Date
January 17, 1979 · 12:40 local
Place
Miami, FL
Airport
Opa Locka West
Phase of flight
To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N9461H
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA79DKT37
Reported as
Cessna 172
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
208 total12 in this make and model1 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.

Pilot lost directional control on takeoff. Aborted takeoff, ran off runway into rough terrain.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON TAKEOFF. ABORTED TAKEOFF, RAN OFF RUNWAY INTO ROUGH TERRAIN.

NTSB investigation

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