# Accident 19750704023969A: Cessna 172D, Portageville, MO, July 4, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 4, 1975
- Place: Portageville, MO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 36.4295° N, 89.6993° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Portageville, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.4295&lon=-89.6993&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9960V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9960V-1975-09-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 350 total, 350 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC76AK002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC76AK002) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750704023969A

## Narrative

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

ACFT OBSVD FLYING AT AN ALT APRX 20-40FT AGL OVR INTERSTATE HWY.HIT PWR LINES.

## 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 MKC76AK002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC76AK002), Jul 4, 1975: Cessna 172M (N9960V), Portageville, MO, destroyed, 2 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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