# Accident 19791209033619A: Cessna 172, Harrison, NE, December 9, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 9, 1979, 17:45 local time
- Place: Harrison, NE
- Airport: Sky Ranch
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.6881° N, 103.8825° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Harrison, NE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6881&lon=-103.8825&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3799R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3799R-1991-05-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172H (registry code 2072424, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 204 total, 159 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC80DCJ04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC80DCJ04) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791209033619A

## Narrative

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

LANDED ON PLOWED SNOW AND ICE COVERED SOD RUNWAY. HIT PROTRUDING SNOWBANK. 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 MKC80DCJ04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC80DCJ04), Dec 9, 1979: Cessna 172 (N3799R), Harrison, NE, substantial damage

## Other reports on N3799R (2)

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

- [Accident 19890108000279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890108000279A), Jan 8, 1989: Cessna 172H (N3799R), Chadron, NE, Substantial damage. Looked inside of aircraft on night takeoff lost VFR reference and descended back to ground folding the left wing.
- [Accident 19750330006989A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750330006989A), Mar 30, 1975: Cessna 172H (N3799R), Scottsbluff, NE, Substantial damage

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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