# Accident 19740815024039A: Cessna 172A, Dinuba, CA, August 15, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 1974
- Place: Dinuba, CA
- Airport: Alta
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 36.5402° N, 119.3161° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Alta Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.5402&lon=-119.3161&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7861T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7861T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172A (registry code 2072404, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 480 total, 275 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK75DVA12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK75DVA12) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740815024039A

## Narrative

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

HEARD LOUD BANG DRG LAST TKOF.SECURED ENG TOO SOON DRG FINAL APCH.DMGD GR BOLT.

## 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 OAK75DVA12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK75DVA12), Aug 15, 1974: Cessna 172A (N7861T), Dinuba, CA, 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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