# Accident 19730513014309A: Cessna 172D, St Augustine, FL, May 13, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 13, 1973
- Place: St Augustine, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 29.8960° N, 81.3116° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Augustine, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.8960&lon=-81.3116&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9879G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9879G-2013-03-21) (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 172D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 137 total, 40 in this make and model, 68 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA73FLA37](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73FLA37) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730513014309A

## Narrative

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

FULL FLAP SLO FLT PRACTICE.ACFT OBSVD 150-200FT AGL NOSE HI ENTRD L DSCNDG SPIRAL TURN.

## 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 MIA73FLA37](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73FLA37), May 13, 1973: Cessna 172L (N9879G), St Augustine, FL, destroyed

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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