# Incident 19790731014289I: Cessna 172N, Manhattan, KS, July 31, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 31, 1979, 13:47 local time
- Place: Manhattan, KS
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 39.1883° N, 96.6059° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Manhattan, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1883&lon=-96.6059&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3599E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3599E-2013-09-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 900 total, 500 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/19790731014289I

## Narrative

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

LEFT GEAR FAILED AFTER LANDING, CAUSE UNDETERMINED.

## Other reports on N3599E (1)

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

- [Accident 19821120059319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821120059319A), Nov 20, 1982: Cessna 172 (N3599E), Wamego, KS, Destroyed. Struck powerlines while flying 40 feet above river. Crashed into river. Injured pilot succumbed from drowning.

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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