# Accident 19790730041222A: Cessna 172L, Simsbury, CT, July 30, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 1979, 19:00 local time
- Place: Simsbury, CT
- Airport: Simsbury-Tri Town
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.8759° N, 72.8012° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Simsbury, CT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8759&lon=-72.8012&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4324Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4324Q-1991-06-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172L (registry code 2072432, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 123 total, 90 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC79FA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79FA070) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790730041222A

## Narrative

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

N63637 AND N4324Q COLLIDED DURING ROUNDOUT FOR LANDING.

## 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 NYC79FA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79FA070), Jul 30, 1979: Cessna 172L (N4324Q), Simsbury, CT, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4324Q (1)

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

- [Accident 19900901037609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900901037609A), Sep 1, 1990: Cessna 172L (N4324Q), Montauk, NY, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Concerned about work crew at threshold of runway began go around without full power banked sharply stalled. Crashed

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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