# Accident 19790802021739A: Cessna 172, Germansville, PA, August 2, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 2, 1979, 12:30 local time
- Place: Germansville, PA
- Airport: Flying M
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7375° N, 75.7054° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FLYING M AERODROME (P91), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7375&lon=-75.7054&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1543Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1543Y-2021-07-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172C (registry code 2072408, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Reported engine: CONT O300D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 890 total, 640 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC79FHA18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79FHA18) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790802021739A

## Narrative

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

PILOT MADE GO AROUND DUE TO BLOCKED RUNWAY. ENGINE STOPPED. CRASH LANDED IN CORN FIELD. NO ENGINE DEFECT.

## 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 NYC79FHA18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79FHA18), Aug 2, 1979: Cessna 172 (N1543Y), Germansville, PA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N1543Y (3)

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

- [Accident 20180815014229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180815014229A), Aug 15, 2018: Cessna 172C (N1543Y), Silver City, NM, Substantial damage. On August 15, 2018, at 1150 MDT, a Cessna 172C, N1543Y, registered to [privacy data omitted] was substantially damaged on landing at grant county airport…
- [Incident 19790407012699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790407012699I), Apr 7, 1979: Cessna 172 (N1543Y), Elkton, MD, 1 fatal. Jumper killed when she lost control of the ripcord handle. Waited too long to deploy reserve.
- [Incident 19780902016979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780902016979I), Sep 2, 1978: Cessna 172 (N1543Y), Chesapeake City, MD. Parachute failed to fully open, skydiver injured.

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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