# Accident 19751108034769A: Cessna 172H, Lubbock, TX, November 8, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 8, 1975
- Place: Lubbock, TX
- Airport: Town-Country
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 33.5779° N, 101.8552° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lubbock, TX, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5779&lon=-101.8552&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2459L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2459L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172H (registry code 2072424, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172H
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 287 total, 13 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW76FQG37](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76FQG37) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19751108034769A

## Narrative

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

PLT DIDNT RETRACT FLAPS & DIDNT USE UNICOM.

## 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 FTW76FQG37](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76FQG37), Nov 8, 1975: Cessna 172 (N2459L), Lubbock, TX, substantial damage

## Other reports on N2459L (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20031205033739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031205033739A), Dec 5, 2003: Cessna 172H (N2459L), Chugiak, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) On December 05, 2003, about 1500 local time, a Cessna 172, N2459L, sustained substantial damage, and then sank into eklutna lake when it collided with a…
- [Accident 19890901033659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890901033659A), Sep 1, 1989: Cessna 172H (N2459L), Sparrevohn, AK, Substantial damage. Wind blew plastic bucket into path of aircraft on takeoff from a gravel bar. Bucket damaged horizontal stabilizer.

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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