# Accident 19790517017139A: Cessna 182P, Hopkins, SC, May 17, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 1979, 13:00 local time
- Place: Hopkins, SC
- Airport: Dixieland
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9005° N, 80.8569° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hopkins, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9005&lon=-80.8569&mi=10
- Aircraft: N78744, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N78744-1981-10-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182P (registry code 2075816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,400 total, 0 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79FA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FA085) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790517017139A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT CRASHED FEW MINUTES AFTER TAKE OFF. WATER FOUND IN FUEL AND CARBURETOR.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA79FA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FA085), May 17, 1979: Cessna 182P (N78744), Eastover, SC, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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