# Incident 19790201004399I: Cessna 172M, Marshfield, MA, February 1, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 1, 1979, 14:00 local time
- Place: Marshfield, MA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.0998° N, 70.6893° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Marshfield, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0998&lon=-70.6893&mi=10
- Aircraft: N12861, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N12861-1980-07-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 100 total, 100 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790201004399I

## Narrative

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

HARD LANDING DAMAGED LANDING GEAR.

## Other reports on N12861 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19800519026479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800519026479A), May 19, 1980: Cessna 172M (N12861), Eatons Neck, NY, Destroyed. Pilot claims engine lost power after descending to lower altitude on over water flight. Ditched. Airplane sank.

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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