# NTSB OAK79DVG63: Cessna 172M, N70376, Lower Lake, CA, July 17, 1979

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: July 17, 1979
- Place: Lower Lake, CA · LOWER LAKE, CA
- Location: 38.9130° N, 122.6070° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lower Lake, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9130&lon=-122.6070&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 27, 1979
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 135304
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK79DVG63
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK79DVG63

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2015  79/7/17    LOWER LAKE,CA       CESSNA 172M         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             STUDENT, AGE 31, 48 TOTAL
        TIME - 0815                    N70376              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - PEARCE
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          WINNEMUCCA,NV               LOWER LAKE,CA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES                                   LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND
        FACTOR(S)
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY
        REMARKS- RUNWAY HAD RECENTLY BEEN SEALED.CONSTRUCTION NEAR APCH END OF RWY.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N70376](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N70376), registered now, S/N 17267206, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Registry model: [Cessna 172M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (registry code 2072418) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Pearce

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19790717018029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790717018029A), Jul 17, 1979: Cessna 172M, Lower Lake, CA, Substantial damage. Landed long on runway due to construction equipment. Ran off end into a ditch. Flipped over.

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.

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