# Accident 19790627017549A: Cessna 152, Arkansas City, KS, June 27, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 27, 1979, 17:50 local time
- Place: Arkansas City, KS
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Sfl Go Around
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.0742° N, 97.0385° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Arkansas City, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0742&lon=-97.0385&mi=10
- Aircraft: N89142, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N89142-2012-11-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,902 total, 166 in this make and model, 231 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC79DCQ36](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79DCQ36) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790627017549A

## Narrative

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

INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT WERE PRACTICING SIMULATED EMERGENCY LANDINGS. HIT HEDGE ROW ON ATTEMPTED 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 MKC79DCQ36](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79DCQ36), Jun 27, 1979: Cessna 152 (N89142), Arkansas City, KS, destroyed

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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