# Accident 19790618015731A: Cessna 172, Albuquerque, NM, June 18, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 18, 1979, 08:10 local time
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Airport: International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0845° N, 106.6511° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Albuquerque, NM, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0845&lon=-106.6511&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5226E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5226E-2013-09-16) (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 172
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 70 total, 11 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN79FQA32](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN79FQA32) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790618015731A

## Narrative

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

PILOT TAXIED HIS AIRCRAFT INTO ANOTHER WHEN ASKED BY TOWER PERSONNEL TO MOVE AIRCRAFT.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N23986, Beech C23: [Accident 19790618015732A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790618015732A)

## 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 DEN79FQA32](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN79FQA32), Jun 18, 1979: Cessna 172 (N5226E), Albuquerque, NM, minor damage

## Other reports on N5226E (1)

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

- [Accident 19930815029301A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930815029301A), Aug 15, 1993: Cessna 172N (N5226E), Lincoln Park, NJ, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Turning final struck aircraft that was on final. Fell to ground. Other aircraft landed in trees. Neither saw other.

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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