# Incident 19791031056299I: Cessna 172K, Akron, CO, October 31, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 31, 1979, 08:45 local time
- Place: Akron, CO
- Airport: Washington Co
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1635° N, 103.2203° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Akron, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1635&lon=-103.2203&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7392G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7392G-2001-01-19) (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: 300 total, 25 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/19791031056299I

## Narrative

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

PILOT ATTEMPTING TURN AROUND ON RUNWAY IN A GUSTY WIND. AIRPLANE BLOWN UP ON A WING TIP.

## Other reports on N7392G (1)

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

- [Accident 19890308003302A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890308003302A), Mar 8, 1989: Cessna 172K (N7392G), Aurora, CO, Destroyed, 3 fatal. Impact in flight with N3278C severed the empannage and both aircraft crashed out of control. No evasive action seen

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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