# Accident 19731008032619A: Cessna 172D, Carlisle, AR, October 8, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 8, 1973
- Place: Carlisle, AR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 34.7954° N, 91.7405° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Carlisle, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7954&lon=-91.7405&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3790F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3790F-2013-03-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172H (registry code 2072424, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 150 total, 103 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW74FPG29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74FPG29) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731008032619A

## Narrative

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

DRG TURN OUT OF FOG,UN AVOID TREE IN PATH.CONTINUED FLT,CTLS LOCKED ATMTNG LNDG APCH.

## 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 FTW74FPG29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74FPG29), Oct 8, 1973: Cessna 172H (N3790F), Carlisle, AR, destroyed

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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