# Accident 19741231042679A: Cessna 172K, Avalon, CA, December 31, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 31, 1974
- Place: Avalon, CA
- Airport: Avalon
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- Location: 33.3440° N, 118.3214° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Avalon, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3440&lon=-118.3214&mi=10
- Aircraft: N84754, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N84754-2017-02-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172K (registry code 2072430, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172K
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 17,080 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX75FUA19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX75FUA19) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19741231042679A

## Narrative

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

GUSTING TO 48K.

## 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 LAX75FUA19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX75FUA19), Dec 31, 1974: Cessna 172K (N84754), Avalon, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N84754 (1)

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

- [Accident 20140720013769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140720013769A), Jul 20, 2014: Cessna 172K (N84754), Littlefield, AZ, Destroyed, 2 fatal. On July 20, 2014 at approximately 1820 pacific daylight time (PDT), a Cessna 172, N84754, impacted terrain while flying through a canyon near Littlefield, AZ.…

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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