# Accident 19730730027829A: Cessna 172E, Fort Eustis, VA, July 30, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 1973
- Place: Fort Eustis, VA
- Airport: Felker Army
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Location: 37.1326° N, 76.6089° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FELKER AAF (FAF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.1326&lon=-76.6089&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4208A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4208A-2012-11-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172E (registry code 2072412, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172E
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 74 total, 3 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD74DID11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74DID11) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730730027829A

## Narrative

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

HIT GND HARD DMGD NOSE GR AND FIREWALL SECTION.

## 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 IAD74DID11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74DID11), Jul 30, 1973: Cessna 172E (N4208A), Fort Eustis, VA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4208A (1)

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

- [Accident 19810825058339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810825058339A), Aug 25, 1981: Cessna R172E (N4208A), Bishop, TX, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Inexperienced pilot allowed airplane to stall on climbout from takeoff. Was on a cap proficiency flight.

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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