# Accident 19790724022789A: Cessna 172N, Windermere, FL, July 24, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 1979, 11:30 local time
- Place: Windermere, FL
- Airport: Maguire
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.4955° N, 81.5165° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Windermere, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.4955&lon=-81.5165&mi=10
- Aircraft: N734YH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N734YH-2011-07-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 864 total, 105 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79FLD82](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FLD82) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790724022789A

## Narrative

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

PILOT ATTEMPTED SHORT FIELD LANDING ON WET STRIP. ONLY 10 DEGREES OF FLAPS USED , ACFT RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY.

## 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 MIA79FLD82](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FLD82), Jul 24, 1979: Cessna 172 (N734YH), Windemere, FL, 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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