# Accident 19750824024519A: Cessna 172, Red Lodge, MT, August 24, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 24, 1975
- Place: Red Lodge, MT
- Airport: Red Lodge
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 45.1848° N, 109.2577° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RED LODGE (RED), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.1848&lon=-109.2577&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4138F (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,975 total, 525 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA76FTA03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA76FTA03) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750824024519A

## Narrative

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

NO BRAKE FLUID IN BRAKE SYSTEM. R BRAKE PUCKS WORN.RAN DWN EMBANKMENT. GUSTING TO 20K.

## 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 SEA76FTA03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA76FTA03), Aug 24, 1975: Cessna 172 (N4138F), Red Lodge, MT, substantial damage

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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