# Incident 19790719022369I: Cessna 172M, Starkville, MS, July 19, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 19, 1979, 11:05 local time
- Place: Starkville, MS
- Airport: Bryan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4633° N, 88.8278° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Starkville, MS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4633&lon=-88.8278&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5280R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5280R-2000-01-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 104 total, 21 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/19790719022369I

## Narrative

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

NOSE WHEEL FAILED AFTER HARD LANDING.

## Other reports on N5280R (1)

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

- [Accident 19890317004099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890317004099A), Mar 17, 1989: Cessna 172M (N5280R), Galveston, TX, Destroyed. Flew into the ground during an ILS approach. Weather below IFR landing minimums. Apparently never saw the ground.

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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