# Accident 19790522008359A: Cessna 172, Sioux Center, IA, May 22, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 22, 1979, 12:45 local time
- Place: Sioux Center, IA
- Airport: Sioux Center
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.1344° N, 96.1875° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Sioux Center Municipal Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1344&lon=-96.1875&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8919B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8919B-1998-10-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 169 total, 169 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC79DCD19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79DCD19) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790522008359A

## Narrative

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

PILOT ALLOWED AIRPLANE TO BALLOON OFF RUNWAY DURING LANDING ROLL.CAME BACK DOWN SIDEWAYS.FLIPPED OVER.

## 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 MKC79DCD19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79DCD19), May 22, 1979: Cessna 172 (N8919B), Sioux Center, IA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8919B (1)

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

- [Accident 19980517009539A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980517009539A), May 17, 1998: Cessna 172 (N8919B), So Sioux City, NE, Destroyed, 2 fatal. On climb following touch and go pilot lost control due to 20 to 30 mph winds in the area at the time.

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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