# Accident 19760823026359A: Cessna 172D, Shannon, GA, August 23, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 23, 1976
- Place: Shannon, GA
- Airport: Fricks
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Location: 34.3403° N, 85.0841° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Shannon, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.3403&lon=-85.0841&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8494X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8494X-2013-03-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172C (registry code 2072408, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 364 total, 364 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA76FKG98](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA76FKG98) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760823026359A

## Narrative

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

PLT ALLOWED ACFT TO DRIFT LEFT ON GO-AROUND.

## 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 MIA76FKG98](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA76FKG98), Aug 23, 1976: Cessna 172 (N8494X), Shannon, GA, 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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