# Accident 19750324007709A: Cessna 172E, Decatur, IL, March 24, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 24, 1975
- Place: Decatur, IL
- Airport: Decatur
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 39.8346° N, 88.8657° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DECATUR (DEC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8346&lon=-88.8657&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5427T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5427T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172E (registry code 2072412, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,680 total, 201 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI75FEV26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI75FEV26) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750324007709A

## Narrative

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

WIND GUSTING 35K.

## 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 CHI75FEV26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI75FEV26), Mar 24, 1975: Cessna 172E (N5427T), Decatur, IL, substantial damage

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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