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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 175 · Washington, DC · May 5, 1979

Date: May 5, 1979 · 21:07 local
Place: Washington, DC
Airport: Dulles International
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N7308M
Reported as: Cessna 175
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 300 total100 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N7308MRegistration cancelled Apr 12, 2013 · Cessna 175S/N 55608 · Built 1958 Airframe modelCessna 175 Engine modelContinental GO-300 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Zd during night landing pilot became confused and thought centerline lights to be runway edge. Landed off runway.

As the FAA filed it

ZD DURING NIGHT LANDING PILOT BECAME CONFUSED AND THOUGHT CENTERLINE LIGHTS TO BE RUNWAY EDGE. LANDED OFF RUNWAY.