# Accident 19790717021939A: Cessna 170, Ninilchik, AK, July 17, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 17, 1979, 10:30 local time
- Place: Ninilchik, AK
- Airport: Ninilchik
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.0202° N, 151.5894° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NINILCHIK (NIN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.0202&lon=-151.5894&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4206V (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 24 total, 24 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC79DAH10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC79DAH10) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790717021939A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT BOUNCED ACFT ON LANDING. WING CAUGHT BRUSH ON EDGE OF RUNWAY. ACFT FLIPPED OVER.

## 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 ANC79DAH10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC79DAH10), Jul 17, 1979: Cessna 170 (N4206V), Ninilchik, AK, substantial damage

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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