# Incident 19790505025719I: Cessna 175, Washington, DC, May 5, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 5, 1979, 21:07 local time
- Place: Washington, DC
- Airport: Dulles International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8951° N, 77.0364° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Washington, DC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8951&lon=-77.0364&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7308M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7308M-2013-04-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 175 (registry code 2072502, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-175) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GO-300 series (registry code 17024, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-go-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 175
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 100 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/19790505025719I

## Narrative

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

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

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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