# Accident 19790317004879A: Cessna 172C, Denver, CO, March 17, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 17, 1979, 16:35 local time
- Place: Denver, CO
- Airport: Arapahoe
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6908° N, 105.5047° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ARAPAHOE (CD19), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6908&lon=-105.5047&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8280Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8280Z-1979-07-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210-5(205) (registry code 2073202, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210-5-205) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 237 total, 92 in this make and model, 69 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN79FTE29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN79FTE29) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790317004879A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT NOSE TIRE AND WHEEL DAMAGED. ACFT RAN OFF SIDE RUNWAY. OVERTURNED, EVIDENCE OF PORPOISING ON LANDING.

## 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 DEN79FTE29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN79FTE29), Mar 17, 1979: Cessna 205 (N8280Z), Englewood, CO, substantial damage

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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