# Accident 19730407010739A: Cessna 172M, Hastings, MI, April 7, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 7, 1973
- Place: Hastings, MI
- Airport: Hastings
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 42.6633° N, 85.3458° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HASTINGS (9D9), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6633&lon=-85.3458&mi=10
- Aircraft: N20122, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N20122-1989-12-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 282 total, 7 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI73FEM47](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI73FEM47) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730407010739A

## Narrative

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

CIRCLED FARM TO DROP SMALL PKG.ACFT HEADED FOR HILL AND TREES,UN CLR,SETTLED INTO TREES.

## 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 CHI73FEM47](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI73FEM47), Apr 7, 1973: Cessna 172 (N20122), Hastings, MI, 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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