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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172 · Linden, MI · February 17, 1979

Date
February 17, 1979 · 18:45 local
Place
Linden, MI
Airport
Price
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3894R
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI79DEC16
Reported as
Cessna 172
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
320 total2 in this make and model2 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.

Student pilot made night downwind landing on unlit runway. Ran off departure end, flipped over in snowbank.

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT PILOT MADE NIGHT DOWNWIND LANDING ON UNLIT RUNWAY. RAN OFF DEPARTURE END, FLIPPED OVER IN SNOWBANK.

NTSB investigation

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