# Accident 19790727020419A: Cessna 170A, Bethel, AK, July 27, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 1979, 20:24 local time
- Place: Bethel, AK
- Airport: Bethel
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.7922° N, 161.7558° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bethel, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.7922&lon=-161.7558&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5724C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5724C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170A (registry code 2072304, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 45 total, 10 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC79DAG70](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC79DAG70) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790727020419A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF ACFT LANDING IN CROSSWIND. STOPPED OFF RWY, INVERTED.

## 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 ANC79DAG70](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC79DAG70), Jul 27, 1979: Cessna 170A (N5724C), Bethel, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5724C (1)

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

- [Accident 19740412009549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740412009549A), Apr 12, 1974: Cessna 170A (N5724C), Mt.Village, AK, Substantial damage. Hit road grader cab

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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