# Accident 19760610015639A: Cessna 172G, Blairstown, NJ, June 10, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 10, 1976
- Place: Blairstown, NJ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 40.9873° N, 74.9547° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Blairstown, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9873&lon=-74.9547&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4643L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4643L-1978-01-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172G (registry code 2072420, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172G
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 165 total, 50 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC76FHA37](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC76FHA37) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760610015639A

## Narrative

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

PLT MANIPULATING CARB HEAT TO CORRECT ENGINE PROBLEM WHEN ACFT HIT WIRE ACROSS HIGHWAY.

## 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 NYC76FHA37](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC76FHA37), Jun 10, 1976: Cessna 172 (N4643L), Blairstown, NJ, 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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