# Accident 19790527015539A: Cessna 172M, Wallkill, NY, May 27, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 27, 1979, 13:35 local time
- Place: Wallkill, NY
- Airport: Kolbett
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6084° N, 74.1646° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wallkill, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6084&lon=-74.1646&mi=10
- Aircraft: N80084 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 105 total, 5 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC79FFA20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79FFA20) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790527015539A

## Narrative

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

ALLOWED ACFT TO DRIFT OFF RUNWAY ALIGNMENT DURING GO AROUND. HIT TREES.

## 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 NYC79FFA20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79FFA20), May 27, 1979: Cessna 172M (N80084), Wallkill, NY, substantial damage

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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