# Accident 19790322007871A: Cessna 172, Liberal, KS, March 22, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 22, 1979, 07:35 local time
- Place: Liberal, KS
- Airport: Liberal Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 37.0461° N, 100.9277° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Liberal, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0461&lon=-100.9277&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2029E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2029E-1982-07-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,428 total, 341 in this make and model, 273 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC79FA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79FA023) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790322007871A

## Narrative

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

N2029E TOOK OFF FOLLOWED BY N5930F. AFTER LEAVING TRAFFIC PATTERN, THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N5930F, Cessna 210: [Accident 19790322007872A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790322007872A)

## 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 MKC79FA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79FA023), Mar 22, 1979: Cessna 172 (N2029E), Liberal, KS, destroyed

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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