19790512010719A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172 · Brawley, CA · May 12, 1979

Date
May 12, 1979 · 11:45 local
Place
Brawley, CA
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N734ZN
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX79DUM14
Reported as
Cessna 172
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
74 total4 in this make and model5 in the last 90 days

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.

Airplane made a hard landing, bounced, came down off side of runway.

As the FAA filed it

AIRPLANE MADE A HARD LANDING, BOUNCED, CAME DOWN OFF SIDE OF RUNWAY.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.