# Accident 19790315004739A: Cessna 172, Bethany, OK, March 15, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 15, 1979, 08:30 local time
- Place: Bethany, OK
- Airport: Wiley Post
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.5340° N, 97.6469° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WILEY POST (PWA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5340&lon=-97.6469&mi=10
- Aircraft: N61624, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N61624-1989-03-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Reported engine: CONT O300A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 138 total, 22 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW79FPJ08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FPJ08) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790315004739A

## Narrative

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

BATTERY LOW, PILOT TURNED PROP TO CLEAR ENGINE. ENGINE STARTED. AIRCRAFT HIT HANGAR. MAGNETO FOUND GROUNDED.

## 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 FTW79FPJ08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FPJ08), Mar 15, 1979: Cessna 172 (N61624), Bethany, OK, destroyed

## Other reports on N61624 (1)

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

- [Accident 19850915069549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850915069549A), Sep 15, 1985: Cessna 172M (N61624), Emporia, KS, Substantial damage. Right seat pilot took over botched landing attempt. During go around struck trees. Settled and nosed over.

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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