# Incident 19790717019239I: Cessna 152, Memphis, TN, July 17, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 17, 1979, 20:42 local time
- Place: Memphis, TN
- Airport: International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1495° N, 90.0490° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Memphis, TN, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1495&lon=-90.0490&mi=10
- Aircraft: N714YL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N714YL-1996-01-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 420 total, 300 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/19790717019239I

## Narrative

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

TOWER CLEARED N714YL, AF56493 TO LAND ON COLLISION COURSE, FAILED TO WARN EITHER. 152 EVADED, WINGTIP HIT GROUND

## Other reports on N714YL (2)

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

- [Accident 19930204001649A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930204001649A), Feb 4, 1993: Cessna 152 (N714YL), Ruskin, FL, Substantial damage. Encountered rain showers on second leg of crosscountry student flight. Ran out of fuel deviating. Flipped landing.
- [Incident 19800816067069I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800816067069I), Aug 16, 1980: Cessna 152 (N714YL), Memphis, TN, Minor damage. Student pilot damaged aircraft slightly in crosswind landing.

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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