# Accident 19730129001869A: Cessna 172L, Nantucket, MA, January 29, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 29, 1973
- Place: Nantucket, MA
- Airport: Nantucket Mem.
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 41.2533° N, 70.0605° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NANTUCKET MEML (ACK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2533&lon=-70.0605&mi=10
- Aircraft: N100DF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N100DF-2007-05-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172L (registry code 2072432, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172L
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,425 total, 1,150 in this make and model, 308 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC73DNA36](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC73DNA36) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730129001869A

## Narrative

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

WIND GUSTING 57K.WEA BRIEFED BY HYA TOWER PERSONNEL.

## 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 NYC73DNA36](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC73DNA36), Jan 29, 1973: Cessna 172L (N100DF), Nantucket, MA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N100DF (1)

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

- [Incident 19880605045939I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880605045939I), Jun 5, 1988: Cessna 172L (N100DF), Marthas Vineyar, MA, Minor damage. Landed at a controlled airport,then struck taxiway lights while turning off the runway.

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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