# Accident 19740818028349A: Cessna 172K, Kodiak, AK, August 18, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 1974
- Place: Kodiak, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 57.7906° N, 152.4222° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kodiak, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=57.7906&lon=-152.4222&mi=10
- Aircraft: N79188, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N79188-1974-10-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172K (registry code 2072430, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172K
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 88 total, 2 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC75DAG19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC75DAG19) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740818028349A

## Narrative

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

PILOT MADE LOW PASS OVER SHIP AND MUSHED OUT OF TURN INTO WATER

## 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 ANC75DAG19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC75DAG19), Aug 18, 1974: Cessna 172 (N79188), Kodiak, AK, 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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