# Accident 19740410007559A: Cessna 172E, Fort Belvoir, VA, April 10, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 10, 1974
- Place: Fort Belvoir, VA
- Airport: Davidson Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Location: 38.7131° N, 77.1444° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Belvoir, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7131&lon=-77.1444&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5406T (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 20 in this make and model, 96 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD74FIA09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74FIA09) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740410007559A

## Narrative

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

ACFT HIT DEBRIS PILE OF CONST JOB.

## 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 IAD74FIA09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74FIA09), Apr 10, 1974: Cessna 172E (N5406T), Fort Belvoir, VA, 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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