# Accident 19761221039689A: Cessna 172M, Chantilly, VA, December 21, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 21, 1976
- Place: Chantilly, VA
- Airport: Dulles International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 38.8892° N, 77.4421° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chantilly, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8892&lon=-77.4421&mi=10
- Aircraft: N64094, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N64094-2018-01-29) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 684 total, 684 in this make and model, 84 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD77DIA07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD77DIA07) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761221039689A

## Narrative

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

WINDS GUSTING TO 43KTS.

## 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 IAD77DIA07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD77DIA07), Dec 21, 1976: Cessna 172 (N64094), Chantilly, VA, 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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