# Accident 19730330006849A: Cessna 172D, Lafayette, IN, March 30, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 30, 1973
- Place: Lafayette, IN
- Airport: Halsmer
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Location: 40.3995° N, 86.8628° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lafayette, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3995&lon=-86.8628&mi=10
- Aircraft: N20644, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N20644-1977-11-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 22 total, 22 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI73AEA30](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI73AEA30) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730330006849A

## Narrative

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

FUEL TANK CK VALVE INSTLD DWN AND AFT-FLAPPER HINGES AND WEEP HOLES TWRD BTM.FUEL TANK COLLAPSED.

## 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 CHI73AEA30](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI73AEA30), Mar 30, 1973: Cessna 172M (N20644), Lafayette, IN, 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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