# Accident 19740504010679A: Cessna 172H, Horton, KS, May 4, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 4, 1974
- Place: Horton, KS
- Airport: Horton Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Location: 39.6788° N, 95.5342° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HORTON MUNI (K91), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6788&lon=-95.5342&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1638F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1638F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172H (registry code 2072424, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172H
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 90 total, 8 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC74DCG34](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74DCG34) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740504010679A

## Narrative

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

INITIATED GO-ARND AFTER T/D.TAIL HIT FENCE POST.

## 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 MKC74DCG34](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74DCG34), May 4, 1974: Cessna 172 (N1638F), Horton, KS, 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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