# Accident 19790910028039A: Cessna 172, Greenville, ME, September 10, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 10, 1979, 15:45 local time
- Place: Greenville, ME
- Airport: Greenville Bay
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.4662° N, 69.5780° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Greenville, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.4662&lon=-69.5780&mi=10
- Aircraft: N12736, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N12736) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,597 total, 1,486 in this make and model, 206 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC79DA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79DA096) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790910028039A

## Narrative

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

DRAGGED WING IN WATER ON TAKEOFF RUN. FLIPPED OVER. FACTOR; GUSTY CROSSWIND, ROUGH WATER.

## 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 NYC79DA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79DA096), Sep 10, 1979: Cessna 172 (N12736), Greenville, ME, substantial damage

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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