# Incident 19790422024539I: Cessna T41B, West Point, NY, April 22, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 22, 1979, 15:10 local time
- Place: West Point, NY
- Airport: Stewart Afb
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3607° N, 74.0197° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of West Point, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3607&lon=-74.0197&mi=10
- Aircraft: N78WP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N78WP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T-41B (registry code 2072417, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t-41b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T41B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,329 total, 38 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790422024539I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT LOST CONTROL AFTER TOUCHDOWN AND BAD BOUNCE. INSTRUCTOR ON BOARD.

## Other reports on N78WP (1)

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

- [Incident 19880228011919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880228011919I), Feb 28, 1988: Cessna T41B (N78WP), Simpsonville, KY. Fuel exhaustion. Forced landing in a field. Faulty fuel gage. Pilot failed to check fuel visually.

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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