# Accident 19760116007599A: Cessna 172L, White Plains, NY, January 16, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 16, 1976
- Place: White Plains, NY
- Airport: Westchester Co
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Location: 41.0670° N, 73.7076° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WESTCHESTER COUNTY (HPN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0670&lon=-73.7076&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7579G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7579G-1976-05-25) (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: 755 total, 136 in this make and model, 130 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC76AN067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC76AN067) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760116007599A

## Narrative

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

DECENDED BELOW MDA,NO GLIDE SLOPE RECEIVER.WRONG ALTIMETER SETTING FOUND 29.92 IN.SETTING 29.79 IN

## 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 NYC76AN067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC76AN067), Jan 16, 1976: Cessna 172L (N7579G), White Plains, NY, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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