# Accident 19740922032459A: Cessna 172, Block Island, RI, September 22, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 22, 1974
- Place: Block Island, RI
- Airport: Block Island
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Location: 41.1918° N, 71.5745° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Block Island, RI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1918&lon=-71.5745&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6206E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6206E-2013-08-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 175 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC75FNA18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC75FNA18) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740922032459A

## Narrative

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

LANDED DOWNWIND,COULD NOT STOP,ATTEMPTED GO-AROUND.COLLIDED WITH BRUSH BEYOND END OF RWY.

## 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 NYC75FNA18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC75FNA18), Sep 22, 1974: Cessna 172 (N6206E), Block Island, RI, 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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