# Accident 19760808026649A: Cessna 172M, Baker, LA, August 8, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 1976
- Place: Baker, LA
- Airport: Private Strip
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Location: 30.5832° N, 91.1582° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Baker, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.5832&lon=-91.1582&mi=10
- Aircraft: N12697, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N12697-1976-10-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,568 total, 368 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW76AF113](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76AF113) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760808026649A

## Narrative

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

PLT DIED 8/17/76.

## 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 FTW76AF113](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76AF113), Aug 8, 1976: Cessna 172 (N12697), Baker, LA, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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