# Accident 19740920039269A: Cessna 172H, Bluebell, PA, September 20, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 1974
- Place: Bluebell, PA
- Airport: Wings Field
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 40.1376° N, 75.2651° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WINGS FLD (LOM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1376&lon=-75.2651&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3258L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3258L-1975-01-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172H (registry code 2072424, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172H
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 255 total, 95 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC75AN039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC75AN039) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740920039269A

## Narrative

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

RCVD ASSIST FM PHL TWR.PASSED OVR ARPT.PLT RPTD GND IN SIGHT,DESCENDED TO FIND ARPT.

## 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 NYC75AN039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC75AN039), Sep 20, 1974: Cessna 172H (N3258L), Bluebell, PA, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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