# Accident 19750626018749A: Cessna 172, Plainview, TX, June 26, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 26, 1975
- Place: Plainview, TX
- Airport: Hale County
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Location: 34.1681° N, 101.7173° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HALE COUNTY (PVW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1681&lon=-101.7173&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7086T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7086T-1975-08-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 2,840 total, 23 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW75AF075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW75AF075) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750626018749A

## Narrative

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

ENG HEARD SPUTTERING, PLT TRIED TO RET TO ARPT. LOST CTL IN TIGHT L TURN. RUST,MOISTURE IN CARB.

## 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 FTW75AF075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW75AF075), Jun 26, 1975: Cessna 172 (N7086T), Plainview, TX, destroyed, 4 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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