# Accident 19760912028789A: Cessna 172M, Middleboro, MA, September 12, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 12, 1976
- Place: Middleboro, MA
- Airport: Middleboro
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 41.8932° N, 70.9112° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Middleboro, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8932&lon=-70.9112&mi=10
- Aircraft: N80420, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N80420-1982-03-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 67 total, 10 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC76FNA52](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC76FNA52) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760912028789A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 NYC76FNA52](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC76FNA52), Sep 12, 1976: Cessna 172 (N80420), Middleboro, MA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N80420 (1)

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

- [Accident 19820124002699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820124002699A), Jan 24, 1982: Cessna 172 (N80420), Taunton, MA, Substantial damage. Student pilot and passenger departed into low ceiling and fog. Lost control circling after locating airport via adf

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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