# Accident 19760911028779A: Cessna 172M, Lowmoor, VA, September 11, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 11, 1976
- Place: Lowmoor, VA
- Airport: Lowmoor Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 37.7979° N, 79.8690° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Low Moor, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7979&lon=-79.8690&mi=10
- Aircraft: N12657, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N12657) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,890 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD76DID42](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76DID42) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760911028779A

## Narrative

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

FORMER LOCAL AIRPORT,NO LONGER LICENSED BY STATE.

## 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 IAD76DID42](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76DID42), Sep 11, 1976: Cessna 172M (N12657), Lowmoor, VA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N12657 (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19931011038429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931011038429A), Oct 11, 1993: Cessna 172M (N12657), Bristol-Johnson, TN, Substantial damage. Ran out of fuel on ILS approach. Ditched in a lake. Failed to have proper fuel reserve.
- [Incident 19820604027929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820604027929I), Jun 4, 1982: Cessna 172M (N12657), Easton, MD, Minor damage. Deer on runway tried to leap across landing aircraft, struck vertical fin and horizontal stabilizer.
- [Incident 19820227029279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820227029279I), Feb 27, 1982: Cessna 172M (N12657), Middle River, MD. Advised to go around due to traffic. Instead turned into traffic twice prior to landing.

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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