# Accident 19730704018509A: Cessna 172D, Hickory, NC, July 4, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 4, 1973
- Place: Hickory, NC
- Airport: Hickory
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Location: 35.7411° N, 81.3896° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HICKORY RGNL (HKY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7411&lon=-81.3896&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8242L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8242L-1973-08-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 90 total, 12 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD74FKM02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74FKM02) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730704018509A

## Narrative

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

EXPD DIFFICULTY IN LOCATING ARPT,ENG QUIT AT TIME HE SAW ARPT.T/D ABT HALF WAY DWN RWY,UN STOP.

## 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 IAD74FKM02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74FKM02), Jul 4, 1973: Cessna 172H (N8242L), Hickory, NC, 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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