# Accident 19760114000489A: Cessna 172L, Worcester, MA, January 14, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 14, 1976
- Place: Worcester, MA
- Airport: Worcester
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 42.2671° N, 71.8756° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WORCESTER RGNL (ORH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2671&lon=-71.8756&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3967Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3967Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172L (registry code 2072432, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172L
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,930 total, 320 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC76FNE13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC76FNE13) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760114000489A

## Narrative

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

WIND GUSTING 40K.WING WALKERS AVBL ON RQST.

## 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 NYC76FNE13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC76FNE13), Jan 14, 1976: Cessna 172L (N3967Q), Worcester, MA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N3967Q (1)

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

- [Accident 19950713045849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950713045849A), Jul 13, 1995: Cessna 172L (N3967Q), Porter, TX, Substantial damage. Engine missed on downwind. Turned short final. Landed long. Overran runway into ditch and trees. No engine defects.

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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