# Accident 19730818026799A: Cessna 172G, Monroe, SD, August 18, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 1973
- Place: Monroe, SD
- Airport: Estwick Farm
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 43.4865° N, 97.2167° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Monroe, SD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4865&lon=-97.2167&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4444L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4444L-2019-04-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172G (registry code 2072420, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172G
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 414 total, 68 in this make and model, 39 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC74DTK03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74DTK03) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730818026799A

## Narrative

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

800 FT ROUGH GRASS STRIP. R STAB & ELEVATOR STRUCK BARBED WIRE FENCE. PLT LND OK.

## 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 MKC74DTK03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74DTK03), Aug 18, 1973: Cessna 172G (N4444L), Monroe, SD, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4444L (1)

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

- [Accident 20060322003819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060322003819A), Mar 22, 2006: Cessna 172G (N4444L), Collins, MO, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot and three pilot-rated passengers departed joe foss field (fsd), sioux falls, SD at 0904 CST on an IFR flight to springfield-branson regional…

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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