# Accident 19760502010779A: Cessna 172M, Islip, NY, May 2, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 2, 1976
- Place: Islip, NY
- Airport: Islip Macarthur
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 40.7303° N, 73.2161° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Islip, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7303&lon=-73.2161&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4379R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4379R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 456 total, 357 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC76FHJ21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC76FHJ21) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760502010779A

## Narrative

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

AFTR ENG START PLT NOTED HIS SEAT WAS NOT PROPERLY ADJ ATMTD REPSN.HIT T HANGAR WALL.

## 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 NYC76FHJ21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC76FHJ21), May 2, 1976: Cessna 172 (N4379R), Islip, NY, substantial damage

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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