# Accident 19731014034029A: Cessna 172M, Lake City, MI, October 14, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 14, 1973
- Place: Lake City, MI
- Airport: H Acres Sky Ranch
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Location: 44.3297° N, 85.2085° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lake City, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3297&lon=-85.2085&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4435Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4435Q-1980-06-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 178 total, 127 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI74DEM26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74DEM26) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731014034029A

## Narrative

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

WIND GUSTING 30K,RWY INTO THE WIND AVBL.

## 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 CHI74DEM26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74DEM26), Oct 14, 1973: Cessna 172 (N4435Q), Lake City, MI, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4435Q (1)

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

- [Accident 19771106035149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19771106035149A), Nov 6, 1977: Cessna 172M (N4435Q), Mt Pleasant, MI, Substantial damage. Descended blo mda. Practicing instrument approaches. Adverse wx.

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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