# Accident 19741214042939A: Cessna 182G, St Marys, GA, December 14, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 14, 1974
- Place: St Marys, GA
- Airport: St Marys
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 30.7530° N, 81.5588° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at St Marys Airport (4J6), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.7530&lon=-81.5588&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3725U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3725U-1999-09-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182G (registry code 2072716, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182G
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,803 total, 1,550 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA75FKG52](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA75FKG52) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19741214042939A

## Narrative

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

SHORT FLD LDG APCH OVR AN OBSTACLE.

## 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 MIA75FKG52](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA75FKG52), Dec 14, 1974: Cessna 182G (N3725U), St Marys, GA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N3725U (1)

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

- [Accident 19970922027899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970922027899A), Sep 22, 1997: Cessna 182G (N3725U), Lexington, TN, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Crashed while on approach. (-23) no narrative.

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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