# Accident 19761228040269A: Cessna 172N, Chiefland, FL, December 28, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 28, 1976
- Place: Chiefland, FL
- Airport: White Farms
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 29.5151° N, 82.8729° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WHITE FARMS (FA36), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5151&lon=-82.8729&mi=10
- Aircraft: N73840, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N73840-1977-01-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 120 total, 72 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA77FA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA77FA021) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761228040269A

## Narrative

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

WIND GUSTING 20K

## 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 MIA77FA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA77FA021), Dec 28, 1976: Cessna 172N (N73840), Chiefland, FL, 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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