# Incident 19791121045049I: Cessna 172N, Greensboro, NC, November 21, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 21, 1979, 10:23 local time
- Place: Greensboro, NC
- Airport: Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.0726° N, 79.7920° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Greensboro, NC, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0726&lon=-79.7920&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5412D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5412D-2022-06-04) (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 172N
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 23 total, 23 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/19791121045049I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT ON 1ST SOLO TOUCH AND GO APPLIED POWER. AIRCRAFT SWERVED LEFT, CAME TO REST IN GRASS. PROP NICKED.

## Other reports on N5412D (2)

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

- [Accident 20210806006989A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210806006989A), Aug 6, 2021: Cessna 172N (N5412D), Miami, FL, Substantial damage. On August 6, 2021 @ 10:00, a training flight was scheduled at [privacy data omitted]. The purpose of the flight was to provide dual instruction for a private…
- [Incident 20031220035021I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031220035021I), Dec 20, 2003: Cessna 172N (N5412D), Homestead, FL, Minor damage. (-23) On Saturday, 20 dec 2003, a Cessna caravan, N9639F and a Cessna 172, N5412D experienced a midair collision on final approach to runway 36 at Homestead…

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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