# Accident 19790330025659A: Cessna 172, Colts Neck, NJ, March 30, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 30, 1979, 17:00 local time
- Place: Colts Neck, NJ
- Airport: Colts Neck
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2876° N, 74.1724° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Colts Neck, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2876&lon=-74.1724&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9297H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9297H-1989-05-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 130 total, 3 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC79DHM24](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79DHM24) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790330025659A

## Narrative

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

MADE HARD LANDING ON NOSEWHEEL, BOUNCED. NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSED. FLIPPED OVER.

## 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 NYC79DHM24](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79DHM24), Mar 30, 1979: Cessna 172 (N9297H), Colts Neck, NJ, 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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