# Accident 19760817023929A: Cessna 172F, Apex, NC, August 17, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 1976
- Place: Apex, NC
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 35.7256° N, 78.8799° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Apex, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7256&lon=-78.8799&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5539R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5539R-1991-04-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172F (registry code 2072414, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,227 total, 1,100 in this make and model, 237 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD76FLJ33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76FLJ33) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760817023929A

## Narrative

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

STEEL BALL BEARING,PART OF VALVE DETENT MECHANISM WAS BRINELLED.

## 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 IAD76FLJ33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76FLJ33), Aug 17, 1976: Cessna 172 (N5539R), Apex, NC, 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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