# Accident 19760824028039A: Cessna 172M, Selbyville, DE, August 24, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 24, 1976
- Place: Selbyville, DE
- Airport: Warrington
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 38.4626° N, 75.1749° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Warrington Field, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4626&lon=-75.1749&mi=10
- Aircraft: N50983 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 107 total, 7 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD76DHD42](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76DHD42) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760824028039A

## Narrative

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

WIND GUSTING 15 KTS.

## 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 IAD76DHD42](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76DHD42), Aug 24, 1976: Cessna 172 (N50983), Selbyville, DE, 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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