# Incident 19790530028469I: Cessna 172N, Livermore, CA, May 30, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 1979, 10:22 local time
- Place: Livermore, CA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6870° N, 121.7598° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Livermore, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6870&lon=-121.7598&mi=10
- Aircraft: N738JS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N738JS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 73 total, 4 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790530028469I

## Narrative

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

HARD LANDING DAMAGED NOSE GEAR.

## Other reports on N738JS (1)

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

- [Incident 20010811019809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010811019809I), Aug 11, 2001: Cessna 172N (N738JS), Hollister, CA, Minor damage. (-23) While landing on runway 31 at Hollister airport, Hollister CA, the aicraft's left wing lifted upwards and, in the process of correction, the aircraft…

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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