# Accident 19741212042529A: Cessna 172, Philipsburg, PA, December 12, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 12, 1974
- Place: Philipsburg, PA
- Airport: Mid-State
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 40.8844° N, 78.0873° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MID-STATE (PSB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8844&lon=-78.0873&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5868A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5868A-1975-02-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 117 total, 72 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC75AN074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC75AN074) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19741212042529A

## 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 NYC75AN074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC75AN074), Dec 12, 1974: Cessna 172 (N5868A), Philipsburg, PA, destroyed, 3 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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