# Accident 19741016035979A: Cessna 172M, St Petersburg, FL, October 16, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 16, 1974
- Place: St Petersburg, FL
- Airport: Albert Whitted
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Location: 27.7651° N, 82.6269° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALBERT WHITTED (SPG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.7651&lon=-82.6269&mi=10
- Aircraft: N20471, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N20471) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 89 total, 4 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA75DLD26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA75DLD26) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19741016035979A

## Narrative

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

DMGD NOSE GR AND PROP.

## 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 MIA75DLD26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA75DLD26), Oct 16, 1974: Cessna 172 (N20471), St Petersburg, FL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N20471 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19780926029939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780926029939A), Sep 26, 1978: Cessna 172M (N20471), Cahokia,Il, IL, Substantial damage. Aircraft departed runway.

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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