# NTSB UNK65X1483: Cessna 172, N8779B, Andros Is, Burkina Faso, April 10, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: April 10, 1965
- Place: Andros Is, Burkina Faso · ANDROS IS, Bahamas
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 11, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 178608
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK65X1483
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK65X1483

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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6-0023  65/4/10    ANDROS IS BAHAMAS   CESSNA 172          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 37, 182
        TIME - 1720                    N8779B              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 90 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION                            IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
                                  SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8779B](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8779B), registered now, S/N 36479, built 1957 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (registry code 2072402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage

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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