# Accident 19750813028269A: Cessna 172D, Townsend, TN, August 13, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 13, 1975
- Place: Townsend, TN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 35.6763° N, 83.7530° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Townsend, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6763&lon=-83.7530&mi=10
- Aircraft: N234FB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N234FB-2013-02-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R172E (registry code 2072413, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r172e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520-C (registry code 17035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,780 total, 83 in this make and model, 270 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD76FKW07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76FKW07) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750813028269A

## Narrative

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

NR 2,4,5 AND 6 CYL LEAKING THRU EX.TERRAIN FLYING,BOX CANYON,UN TURN AROUND CRASH LNOD IN TREES.

## 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 IAD76FKW07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76FKW07), Aug 13, 1975: Cessna 172E (N234FB), Townsend, TN, destroyed

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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