# Accident 19790410013659A: Cessna 182, Chantilly, VA, April 10, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 10, 1979, 12:15 local time
- Place: Chantilly, VA
- Airport: Dulles International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8892° N, 77.4421° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chantilly, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8892&lon=-77.4421&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7473S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7473S-1985-02-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182Q (registry code 2072732, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 115 total, 8 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790410013659A

## Narrative

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

LANDED IN GUSTY CROSSWIND. AIRCRAFT BALLOONED, DRIFTED OFF EDGE OF RUNWAY. LANDED IN MUD AND FLIPPED OVER.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N7473S (2)

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

- [Accident 19831126058909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831126058909A), Nov 26, 1983: Cessna 182Q (N7473S), Baltimore, MD, Destroyed. Aircraft crashed during attempted emergency landing on airport. Factor was other landing aircraft converging.
- [Accident 19780817025009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780817025009A), Aug 17, 1978: Cessna 182H (N7473S), Bucyrus, OH, Substantial damage. Landed on wet hard turf.

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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