# Incident 19790620016359I: Cessna 172F, Ponca City, OK, June 20, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 20, 1979, 10:25 local time
- Place: Ponca City, OK
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 36.7210° N, 97.0684° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ponca City, OK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7210&lon=-97.0684&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5156F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5156F-1997-01-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172F (registry code 2072414, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172F
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 23 total, 23 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/19790620016359I

## Narrative

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

ELECTRICAL FAILURE AFTER TAKEOFF, RETURNED. VOLTAGE REGULATOR HAD FAILED, OVERVOLTAGE BURNED WIRING

## Other reports on N5156F (1)

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

- [Incident 19880820061199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880820061199I), Aug 20, 1988: Cessna 172F (N5156F), Peru, IN, Minor damage. Blown up on left wingtip and nose by jet blast while taxiing to runway. F-16 had not contacted tower about run-up.

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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