# Accident 19790708034949A: Cessna 152, Dwight, IL, July 8, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 1979, 08:30 local time
- Place: Dwight, IL
- Airport: Dwight
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1326° N, 88.4386° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DWIGHT (DTG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1326&lon=-88.4386&mi=10
- Aircraft: N714ZY, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N714ZY-2010-10-15) (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: 42 total, 42 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI79DEE80](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79DEE80) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790708034949A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT LANDED LONG. VEERED OFF RWY ONTO WET GRASS PARALLEL TO RWY. HIT FENCE BEYOND END OF RWY.

## 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 CHI79DEE80](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79DEE80), Jul 8, 1979: Cessna 152 (N714ZY), Dwight, IL, 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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