# Accident 19760525014409A: Cessna 172F, Alpena, MI, May 25, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 25, 1976
- Place: Alpena, MI
- Airport: Phelps Collins
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Location: 45.0740° N, 83.4429° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Alpena, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.0740&lon=-83.4429&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8553U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8553U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172F (registry code 2072414, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172F
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 173 total, 90 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI76FEM43](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76FEM43) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760525014409A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 CHI76FEM43](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76FEM43), May 25, 1976: Cessna 172 (N8553U), Alpena, MI, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8553U (1)

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

- [Incident 19900601030809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900601030809I), Jun 1, 1990: Cessna 172F (N8553U), Greenwood, IN. Power loss on base leg. Landed short of runway in a field . Stated that carburetor heat was applied.

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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