# Incident 19790504025629I: Cessna 172, Northfield, OH, May 4, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 4, 1979, 17:20 local time
- Place: Northfield, OH
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3389° N, 81.5268° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Northfield, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3389&lon=-81.5268&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6938A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6938A-1983-11-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,200 total, 250 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/19790504025629I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT AND INSTRUCTOR LANDED HARD ON NOSEWHEEL. COLLAPSED ON SUBSEQUENT LANDING.

## Other reports on N6938A (1)

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

- [Accident 19810604035129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810604035129A), Jun 4, 1981: Cessna 172 (N6938A), Akron, OH, Destroyed. Engine quit due to fuel exhaustion. Struck rocks in tall grass on emergency landing. Flipped over.

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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