# Accident 19740427012659A: Cessna 172, Santa Rosa, CA, April 27, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 27, 1974
- Place: Santa Rosa, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Location: 38.4405° N, 122.7144° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Rosa, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4405&lon=-122.7144&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7083T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7083T-1974-06-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK74AP060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74AP060) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740427012659A

## Narrative

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

RCVRD 5/10/74.ACFT STRUCK GROUND IN VERT NOSE DN WINGS LVL ATTITUDE.

## 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 OAK74AP060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74AP060), Apr 27, 1974: Cessna 172 (N7083T), Santa Rosa, CA, 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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