# Accident 19730527013239A: Cessna 172G, Overton, NV, May 27, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 27, 1973
- Place: Overton, NV
- Airport: Overton
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Aircraft: N4655L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4655L-2012-12-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172G (registry code 2072420, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172G
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 43 total, 6 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK73DVW21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK73DVW21) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730527013239A

## Narrative

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

HIT POST WHILE PARKING ACFT. 1ST SOLO X-C.

## 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 OAK73DVW21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK73DVW21), May 27, 1973: Cessna 172 (N4655L), Overton, NV, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4655L (2)

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

- [Accident 19830622041969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830622041969A), Jun 22, 1983: Cessna 172G (N4655L), Huntington Beac, CA, Destroyed. Lost oil pressure. Pilot allowed student passenger to land aircraft. Too high, stalled on go around. Oil drain leak
- [Accident 19750122001219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750122001219A), Jan 22, 1975: Cessna 172G (N4655L), Aberdeen, ID, Substantial damage. Pax had feet on brakes.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.