# Accident 19790927024809A: Cessna 172K, Three Forks, MT, September 27, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 27, 1979, 11:40 local time
- Place: Three Forks, MT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.8896° N, 111.5527° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Three Forks, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8896&lon=-111.5527&mi=10
- Aircraft: N84445, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N84445-1989-05-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172K (registry code 2072430, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172K
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 62 total, 43 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA79FTI26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA79FTI26) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790927024809A

## Narrative

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

ON LANDING, PILOT ALLOWED AIRCRAFT TO DRIFT INTO SOFT DIRT BESIDE RUNWAY . AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER.

## 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 SEA79FTI26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA79FTI26), Sep 27, 1979: Cessna 172K (N84445), Three Forks, MT, substantial damage

## Other reports on N84445 (1)

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

- [Accident 19880804030219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880804030219A), Aug 4, 1988: Cessna 172K (N84445), Moses Lake, WA, Substantial damage. Noticed low fuel en route. Headed for nearest airport but ran out of fuel on approach. Nosed over landing soft field

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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