# Accident 19790422008679A: Cessna 172, Versailles, OH, April 22, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 22, 1979, 15:00 local time
- Place: Versailles, OH
- Airport: Darke Co
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2044° N, 84.5324° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DARKE COUNTY (VES), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2044&lon=-84.5324&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5185R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5185R-2020-07-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14 total, 14 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI79DEG11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79DEG11) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790422008679A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT LOST CONTROL ON TAKEOFF ROLL. RAN OFF EDGE OF RUNWAY AND OVERTURNED.

## 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 CHI79DEG11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79DEG11), Apr 22, 1979: Cessna 172M (N5185R), Versailles, OH, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5185R (1)

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

- [Accident 20200217014479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200217014479A), Feb 17, 2020: Cessna 172M (N5185R), Fayetteville, NC, Destroyed. Taken from witness statements: During takeoff, N5185R pitched up to nearly vertical, climbed up to between 60 to 80 feet above ground level, the nose dropped…

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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