# Accident 19790524010569A: Cessna 172, Placerville, CA, May 24, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 24, 1979, 09:10 local time
- Place: Placerville, CA
- Airport: Placerville
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7242° N, 120.7533° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PLACERVILLE (PVF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7242&lon=-120.7533&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6167E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6167E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150C (registry code 2071808, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,035 total, 500 in this make and model, 105 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK79DVG42](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK79DVG42) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790524010569A

## Narrative

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

A DEER RAN INTO THE SIDE OF THE AIRPLANE DURING TOUCH AND GO LANDING.INSTRUCTOR MADE A GO-AROUND. LANDED SAFELY.

## 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 OAK79DVG42](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK79DVG42), May 24, 1979: Cessna 172 (N6167E), Placerville, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N6167E (2)

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

- [Incident 20130322004769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130322004769I), Mar 22, 2013: Cessna 150C (N6167E), San Diego, CA, No damage. Airman stated he departed ensenada airport in Mexico for Brown Field in San Diego. While on a VOR approach to Brown Field the airman ran out of gas and landed…
- [Accident 19850406010989A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850406010989A), Apr 6, 1985: Cessna 172 (N6167E), Auburn, CA, Destroyed. Struck trees on approach to airport. Carbon monoxide in both occupants, but no malfunction found in exhaust system.

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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