# Incident 19790919023869I: Cessna 172B, Kustetan, AK, September 19, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 19, 1979, 17:00 local time
- Place: Kustetan, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N6871X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6871X-1993-10-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172B (registry code 2072406, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 250 total, 35 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/19790919023869I

## Narrative

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

PILOT ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF FROM WET 600 FOOT STRIP, ABORTED, OVERRAN STRIP. NOSED UP IN MUD.

## Other reports on N6871X (1)

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

- [Accident 19821023056369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821023056369A), Oct 23, 1982: Cessna 172B (N6871X), Homer, AK, Substantial damage. Pilot was attempting touch and go landing on sandbar when aircraft hit log and flipped inverted in river.

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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