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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172 · Spanaway, WA · September 18, 1979

Date
September 18, 1979 · 10:00 local
Place
Spanaway, WA
Airport
Spanaway
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N73524
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA79DYE44
Reported as
Cessna 172
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
79 total8 in this make and model45 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Landed long & fast. Ran off end of runway into fence.

As the FAA filed it

LANDED LONG & FAST. RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY INTO FENCE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.