# Accident 19730721022289A: Cessna 172D, Charles City, VA, July 21, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 21, 1973
- Place: Charles City, VA
- Airport: Berkeley Plntn
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Location: 37.3483° N, 77.0630° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Charles City, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3483&lon=-77.0630&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7159G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7159G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172K (registry code 2072430, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172k) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 71 total, 10 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD74FID04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74FID04) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730721022289A

## Narrative

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

PLT MISTOOK PASTURE FOR ARPT.LND,REALIZED ERROR & BEGAN GO ARND.THEN CLOSED THROTTLE DUE TREES.

## 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 IAD74FID04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74FID04), Jul 21, 1973: Cessna 172K (N7159G), Charles City, VA, 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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