# Accident 19790622013689A: Cessna 172, Shippensburg, PA, June 22, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 22, 1979, 17:45 local time
- Place: Shippensburg, PA
- Airport: Shippensburg
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0537° N, 77.4617° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Shippensburg Airport (N42), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0537&lon=-77.4617&mi=10
- Aircraft: N12544, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N12544-2012-10-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (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: 263 total, 263 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC79FGT18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79FGT18) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790622013689A

## Narrative

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

LANDED DOWNWIND TOO FAR DOWN RUNWAY,DELAYED IN INITIATING GO AROUND,HIT TREES ON LATE GO AROUND.

## 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 NYC79FGT18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79FGT18), Jun 22, 1979: Cessna 172 (N12544), Shippensburg, PA, 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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