# Accident 19791025034589A: Cessna 172, Kipnuk, AK, October 25, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 1979, 11:00 local time
- Place: Kipnuk, AK
- Airport: Kipnuk
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 59.9316° N, 164.0281° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KIPNUK (IIK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.9316&lon=-164.0281&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7348E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7348E-2013-07-11) (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 172
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 93 total, 93 in this make and model, 53 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC80DAG21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80DAG21) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791025034589A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DRIFTED OFF THE SIDE OF RUNWAY ON TAKEOFF. HIT ROUGH TERRAIN.

## 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 ANC80DAG21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80DAG21), Oct 25, 1979: Cessna 172 (N7348E), Kipnuk, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7348E (1)

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

- [Accident 20011031036499A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011031036499A), Oct 31, 2001: Cessna 172N (N7348E), Tuntutuliak, AK, No damage. (-23) On 31 October 2001, about 1215 Alaska standard time, a wheel-equipped Cessna 172N airplane, N7348E, sustained substantial damage during an off-airport…

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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