# Accident 19740330008779A: Cessna 172M, Martinsville, VA, March 30, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 30, 1974
- Place: Martinsville, VA
- Airport: Blue Ridge
- Damage: Damage unknown
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 36.6315° N, 80.0200° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BLUE RIDGE (MTV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6315&lon=-80.0200&mi=10
- Aircraft: N12421, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N12421-1974-07-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 33 total, 33 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC74AN083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74AN083) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740330008779A

## Narrative

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

WIND IN AREA RPTD STG AND GUSTY.ACFT OBSVD ON FINAL TO NOSE DWN ALL AT ONCE.

## 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 NYC74AN083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74AN083), Mar 30, 1974: Cessna 172M (N12421), Martinsville, VA, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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