# Incident 19790704018359I: Cessna 172N, Wappingers Fall, NY, July 4, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 4, 1979, 13:25 local time
- Place: Wappingers Fall, NY
- Airport: Dutchess Co
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6266° N, 73.8842° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Dutchess County Airport (POU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6266&lon=-73.8842&mi=10
- Aircraft: N737LY, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N737LY) (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 172N
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 104 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/19790704018359I

## Narrative

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

TOUCHED DOWN MIDFIELD AND RAN OFF DEPARTURE END INTO BRUSH AND FENCE

## Other reports on N737LY (2)

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

- [Accident 20220501006439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220501006439A), May 1, 2022: Cessna 172N (N737LY), Toms River, NJ, Substantial damage. At approximately 1700 EDT, departed old bridge airport (3N6) enroute to Ocean County Airport (mjx) to conduct flight instruction. During approach to rnwy 14 at…
- [Incident 19860528038699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860528038699I), May 28, 1986: Cessna 172N (N737LY), Marblehead, MA. Several low passes were made over a densely populated area.

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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