# Accident 19741024037739A: Cessna 172, Hazelgreen, WV, October 24, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 1974
- Place: Hazelgreen, WV
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 39.0823° N, 80.9871° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hazelgreen, WV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0823&lon=-80.9871&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7242A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7242A-1975-05-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 84 total, 53 in this make and model, 39 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD75AIJ11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD75AIJ11) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19741024037739A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 IAD75AIJ11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD75AIJ11), Oct 24, 1974: Cessna 172 (N7242A), Hazelgreen, WV, 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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