# Accident 19730922029809A: Cessna 172, Sanford, NC, September 22, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 22, 1973
- Place: Sanford, NC
- Airport: Thomas
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 35.4799° N, 79.1803° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sanford, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4799&lon=-79.1803&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7077A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7077A-1980-08-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 150 total, 100 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD74FLJ18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74FLJ18) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730922029809A

## Narrative

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

FLT EX WITH OTR PVT AND COMM PLTS.ACFT OBSVD AFTR TKOF ROCKING FM SIDE TO SIDE.

## 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 IAD74FLJ18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74FLJ18), Sep 22, 1973: Cessna 172 (N7077A), Sanford, 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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