# Accident 19740606020449A: Cessna 172M, Rock Falls, IL, June 6, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 6, 1974
- Place: Rock Falls, IL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Location: 41.7721° N, 89.6942° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rock Falls, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7721&lon=-89.6942&mi=10
- Aircraft: N19975, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N19975-1974-08-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 329 total, 169 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI74FEE83](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74FEE83) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740606020449A

## Narrative

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

CARB OUT FOR REPAIR,COWLING REPLACED,NOT FASTENED.

## 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 CHI74FEE83](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74FEE83), Jun 6, 1974: Cessna 172N (N19975), Rock Falls, IL, 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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