# Accident 19740517012309A: Cessna 172, Durants Neck, NC, May 17, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 1974
- Place: Durants Neck, NC
- Airport: Private Strip
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Aircraft: N5855A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5855A-1975-05-08) (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: 500 total, 73 in this make and model, 51 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD74DLJ42](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74DLJ42) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740517012309A

## Narrative

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

HI APCH.HIT BUSHES.

## 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 IAD74DLJ42](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74DLJ42), May 17, 1974: Cessna 172 (N5855A), Durants Neck, NC, destroyed

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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