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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172 · Folkston, GA · July 8, 1979

Date
July 8, 1979 · 14:30 local
Place
Folkston, GA
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N8451U
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA79DLA37
Reported as
Cessna 172
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
176 total97 in this make and model5 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot made precautionary lndg due to lowering weather. On takeoff from pasture, he hit a smoke house.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT MADE PRECAUTIONARY LNDG DUE TO LOWERING WEATHER. ON TAKEOFF FROM PASTURE, HE HIT A SMOKE HOUSE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.