# Incident 19790606014899I: Cessna 172N, Plainfield, CT, June 6, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 6, 1979, 18:20 local time
- Place: Plainfield, CT
- Airport: Robertson
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6893° N, 72.8647° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ROBERTSON FLD (4B8), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6893&lon=-72.8647&mi=10
- Aircraft: N738SN, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N738SN-1999-11-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8 total, 8 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/19790606014899I

## Narrative

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

PILOT TOUCHED DOWN LONG, WITH EXCESS SPEED, RAN OUT OF RUNWAY AND DOWN AN EMBANKMENT

## Other reports on N738SN (1)

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

- [Accident 19840218016779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840218016779A), Feb 18, 1984: Cessna 172N (N738SN), Daytona Beach, FL, Substantial damage. Pilot was unable to stop aircraft on runway. The aircraft run off runway and collided with wind sock.

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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