# Accident 19741025041749A: Cessna 172A, Abilene, KS, October 25, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 1974
- Place: Abilene, KS
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 38.9243° N, 97.2288° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Abilene, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9243&lon=-97.2288&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7300T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7300T-1975-02-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172A (registry code 2072404, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 534 total, 280 in this make and model, 53 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC75AK025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC75AK025) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19741025041749A

## Narrative

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

ACFT OBSVD FLYING AT LOW ALT OVR HWY 70.FLEW INTO POWERLINES.DARK NIGHT.

## 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 MKC75AK025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC75AK025), Oct 25, 1974: Cessna 172 (N7300T), Abilene, KS, destroyed, 1 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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