# Accident 19750816025509A: Cessna 172D, Valparaiso, IN, August 16, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 1975
- Place: Valparaiso, IN
- Airport: Porter County
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 41.4540° N, 87.0071° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PORTER COUNTY RGNL (VPZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4540&lon=-87.0071&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2910U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2910U-1975-09-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172D (registry code 2072410, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14 total, 14 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI76FET06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76FET06) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750816025509A

## Narrative

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

FOUR RIVETS, P/N-AN470AD4 HAD OLD BREAKS AND FOUR OTHERS ELONGATED. LOWER NSE GR SEPN FM FIREWALL.

## 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 CHI76FET06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76FET06), Aug 16, 1975: Cessna 172D (N2910U), Valparaiso, IN, 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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