# Accident 19761225038789A: Cessna 172E, Alma, KS, December 25, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 25, 1976
- Place: Alma, KS
- Airport: Alma
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 39.0157° N, 96.2871° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Alma, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0157&lon=-96.2871&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3563S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3563S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172E (registry code 2072412, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172E
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 370 total, 70 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC77DCQ12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC77DCQ12) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761225038789A

## Narrative

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

NOSE GR COLLAPSED DRG SUBSEQUENT LDG.

## 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 MKC77DCQ12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC77DCQ12), Dec 25, 1976: Cessna 172 (N3563S), Alma, KS, 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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