# Accident 19761028039169A: Cessna 172F, Flagstaff, AZ, October 28, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 28, 1976
- Place: Flagstaff, AZ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 35.1981° N, 111.6513° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Flagstaff, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1981&lon=-111.6513&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5591R (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172F
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 800 in this make and model, 108 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX77FA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX77FA006) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761028039169A

## Narrative

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

RECOVERY DATE 10/31/76.

## 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 LAX77FA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX77FA006), Oct 28, 1976: Cessna 172 (N5591R), Flagstaff, AZ, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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