# Accident 19761107035729A: Cessna 172M, Crescent City, CA, November 7, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 7, 1976
- Place: Crescent City, CA
- Airport: Ward Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 41.8456° N, 123.9848° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WARD FLD (0O9), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8456&lon=-123.9848&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9560H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9560H-1991-03-29) (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: 296 total, 112 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK77DVD05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK77DVD05) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761107035729A

## Narrative

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

LIGHT TO MDT GUSTS REPORTED ON APPROACH.

## 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 OAK77DVD05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK77DVD05), Nov 7, 1976: Cessna 172 (N9560H), Crescent City, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9560H (1)

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

- [Accident 19890703019619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890703019619A), Jul 3, 1989: Cessna 172M (N9560H), Bicknell, UT, Substantial damage. Passengers airsick, elected to land on a road, leveled off too high. Impact collapsed left gear. Skidded into a field

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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