# Accident 19790708023549A: Cessna 172, Folkston, GA, July 8, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 1979, 14:30 local time
- Place: Folkston, GA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.8391° N, 82.0073° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Folkston, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.8391&lon=-82.0073&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8451U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8451U-1982-10-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172F (registry code 2072414, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 176 total, 97 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79DLA37](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79DLA37) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790708023549A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 MIA79DLA37](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79DLA37), Jul 8, 1979: Cessna 172 (N8451U), Folkston, GA, 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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