# Accident 19730521011869A: Cessna 172B, Defuniak Spng, FL, May 21, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 21, 1973
- Place: Defuniak Spng, FL
- Airport: Defuniak Springs
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 30.7311° N, 86.1538° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DEFUNIAK SPRINGS (54J), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.7311&lon=-86.1538&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7609X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7609X-2023-10-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172B (registry code 2072406, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 85 total, 28 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA73FLA38](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73FLA38) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730521011869A

## Narrative

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

INTO WIND RWY AVBL.ACFT VEERED TO R SLIGHTLY THEN ABRUPTLY L.NOSE GR DUG IN SOFT SAND.

## 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 MIA73FLA38](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73FLA38), May 21, 1973: Cessna 172 (N7609X), Defuniak Spng, FL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7609X (2)

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

- [Accident 20220706012169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220706012169A), Jul 6, 2022: Cessna 172B (N7609X), Silver Springs, NV, Substantial damage. [privacy data omitted]Engine had a partial or complete power loss, resulting in an emergency landing. As part of the landing sequence, the aircraft impacted…
- [Accident 19880314044899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880314044899A), Mar 14, 1988: Cessna 172B (N7609X), Elizabethton, TN, Substantial damage. Throttle set too high. Engine started by hand prop. Tail tiedown loosened. Aircraft rotated into parked aircraft.

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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