# Accident 19790916024089A: Cessna 172N, Wichita, KS, September 16, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 1979, 06:10 local time
- Place: Wichita, KS
- Airport: Mid Continent
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6922° N, 97.3375° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wichita, KS, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6922&lon=-97.3375&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2234E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2234E-2016-10-28) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 144 total, 46 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC79DCQ46](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79DCQ46) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790916024089A

## Narrative

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

PILOT ALLOWED AIRCRAFT TO ROLL FORWARD, STRIKING THE TIE DOWN CHAIN OF ANOTHER AIRCRAFT.

## 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 MKC79DCQ46](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79DCQ46), Sep 16, 1979: Cessna 172 (N2234E), Wichita, KS, substantial damage

## Other reports on N2234E (1)

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

- [Incident 20010507009669I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010507009669I), May 7, 2001: Cessna 172N (N2234E), El Dorado, KS, Minor damage. (-23)During [privacy data omitted] first supervised solo flight and second landing, aircraft porpoised several times causing wrinkling to the firewall and…

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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