# Accident 19741022043169A: Cessna 172M, Fort Apache, AZ, October 22, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 22, 1974
- Place: Fort Apache, AZ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 33.7901° N, 109.9886° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Apache, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7901&lon=-109.9886&mi=10
- Aircraft: N20673, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N20673-1975-03-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 5,695 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX75AL021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX75AL021) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19741022043169A

## Narrative

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

CONT FLT INTO KNOWN POOR WEA COND.

## 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 LAX75AL021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX75AL021), Oct 22, 1974: Cessna 172M (N20673), Fort Apache, AZ, 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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