# Accident 19730714020879A: Cessna 172H, Bryson City, NC, July 14, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 14, 1973
- Place: Bryson City, NC
- Airport: Sossamon
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 35.4265° N, 83.4582° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SOSSAMON FLD (57NC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4265&lon=-83.4582&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3877R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3877R-1992-08-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172H (registry code 2072424, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172H
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 110 total, 108 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD74DKM10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74DKM10) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730714020879A

## Narrative

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

PILOT UNABLE TO STOP AFTER LANDING LONG WENT OVER 20 FT BANK AT END OF RWY.

## 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 IAD74DKM10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74DKM10), Jul 14, 1973: Cessna 172 (N3877R), Bryson City, 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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