# Accident 19760116001209A: Cessna 172L, Titusville, PA, January 16, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 16, 1976
- Place: Titusville, PA
- Airport: Titusville
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 41.6088° N, 79.7413° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TITUSVILLE (6G1), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6088&lon=-79.7413&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4293Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4293Q) (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
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 351 total, 30 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC76DGM21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC76DGM21) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760116001209A

## Narrative

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

DRIFTED SNOW ON RWY,LACK OF CONTRAST.HIT SNOWDRIFT.

## 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 NYC76DGM21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC76DGM21), Jan 16, 1976: Cessna 172 (N4293Q), Titusville, PA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4293Q (1)

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

- [Accident 19750420010459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750420010459A), Apr 20, 1975: Cessna 172L (N4293Q), Wadsworth, OH, Substantial damage. Acft crossed end of rwy,crossed a road hit a two ft deep ditch.

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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