# Accident 19760218001819A: Cessna 172F, Iowa City, IA, February 18, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 18, 1976
- Place: Iowa City, IA
- Airport: Iowa City Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 41.6396° N, 91.5479° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at IOWA CITY MUNI (IOW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6396&lon=-91.5479&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8733U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8733U-1976-03-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172F (registry code 2072414, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172F
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 273 total, 219 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC76FCD28](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC76FCD28) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760218001819A

## Narrative

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

ACFT STRUCK TREES ON BASE LEG.LNDG LGTS ON PRIOR TO DNWND LEG.

## 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 MKC76FCD28](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC76FCD28), Feb 18, 1976: Cessna 172F (N8733U), Iowa City, IA, destroyed

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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