# Accident 19750510015709A: Cessna 172L, Marathon, FL, May 10, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 1975
- Place: Marathon, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 24.7323° N, 81.0251° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Marathon, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=24.7323&lon=-81.0251&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7059Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7059Q-1975-08-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172L (registry code 2072432, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 191 total, 115 in this make and model, 56 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA75AM079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA75AM079) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750510015709A

## Narrative

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

BLOOD ALCOHOL LVL 0.19 PCT.ACFT STRUCK WATER SLTLY NOSE DWN,L WING LOW ATTITUDE.

## 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 MIA75AM079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA75AM079), May 10, 1975: Cessna 172L (N7059Q), Marathon, FL, destroyed, 1 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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