# Accident 19750128015039A: Cessna 172K, Columbus, IN, January 28, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 28, 1975
- Place: Columbus, IN
- Airport: Bakalar Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Location: 39.2073° N, 85.9220° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Columbus, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2073&lon=-85.9220&mi=10
- Aircraft: N79251, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N79251-1975-03-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172K (registry code 2072430, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172K
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 496 total, 154 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI75AC055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI75AC055) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750128015039A

## Narrative

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

RECOVERY DATE 012875.DSCNDD BLO MDA STRUCK WIRES ABT 1.45 MILES E OF ARPT.

## 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 CHI75AC055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI75AC055), Jan 28, 1975: Cessna 172K (N79251), Columbus, IN, 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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