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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172K · Mann, WV · July 28, 1973

Date
July 28, 1973
Place
Mann, WV
Airport
Mcdonald
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N7074G
NTSB investigation
NTSBIAD74FIJ03
Reported as
Cessna 172K
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,091 total308 in this make and model140 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Flew into obscured mtn. Plt called fss then took car & drove down mtn valley to look at wea.

As the FAA filed it

FLEW INTO OBSCURED MTN.PLT CALLED FSS THEN TOOK CAR & DROVE DOWN MTN VALLEY TO LOOK AT WEA.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.