# Accident 19760314009149A: Cessna 172K, Georgetown, CA, March 14, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 14, 1976
- Place: Georgetown, CA
- Airport: Georgetown
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 38.9211° N, 120.8648° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GEORGETOWN (E36), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9211&lon=-120.8648&mi=10
- Aircraft: N84604, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N84604) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172K (registry code 2072430, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172K
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 205 total, 60 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK76DVG53](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK76DVG53) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760314009149A

## Narrative

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

TAXIED INTO VENT PIPES TO UNDERGROUND FUEL TANKS.

## 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 OAK76DVG53](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK76DVG53), Mar 14, 1976: Cessna 172 (N84604), Georgetown, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N84604 (1)

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

- [Incident 19940819033699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940819033699I), Aug 19, 1994: Cessna 172M (N84604), Monterey, CA. Engine quit from fuel exhaustion on approach to delrey oaks. Fuel use was abnormal,should have had fuel reserve.

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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