# Accident 19740330007459A: Cessna 172D, Livingston, MT, March 30, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 30, 1974
- Place: Livingston, MT
- Airport: Mission Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 45.6994° N, 110.4480° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MISSION FLD (LVM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6994&lon=-110.4480&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7972X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7972X-2013-02-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172B (registry code 2072406, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172b) (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: 292 total, 32 in this make and model, 125 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA74FTI20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA74FTI20) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740330007459A

## Narrative

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

GUSTING TO 55K.

## 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 SEA74FTI20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA74FTI20), Mar 30, 1974: Cessna 172B (N7972X), Livingston, MT, 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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