# Accident 19731019033299A: Cessna 172F, Lafayette, IN, October 19, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 19, 1973
- Place: Lafayette, IN
- Airport: Purdue University
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Location: 40.4123° N, 86.9369° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PURDUE UNIVERSITY (LAF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4123&lon=-86.9369&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8509U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8509U-1974-01-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172F (registry code 2072414, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172F
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 83 total, 28 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI74FEA16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74FEA16) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731019033299A

## Narrative

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

WINDS STRONGER THAN PLANNED.FSS ASIST,PLT OBSVD LITE OF OTR ARPT CONT FLT TO PLANNED DEST.

## 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 CHI74FEA16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74FEA16), Oct 19, 1973: Cessna 172F (N8509U), Lafayette, IN, 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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