# Accident 19770119000509A: Cessna 172L, Los Alamos, NM, January 19, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 19, 1977
- Place: Los Alamos, NM
- Airport: Los Alamos
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Location: 35.8797° N, 106.2687° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LOS ALAMOS (LAM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8797&lon=-106.2687&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7997G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7997G-1989-03-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172L (registry code 2072432, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172L
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,250 total, 271 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN77DQA10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN77DQA10) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770119000509A

## Narrative

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

INSTRUMENT TAKEOFF ATTEMPT.SNOWBANK TWO FT HIGH.RUNWAY 125FT WIDE

## 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 DEN77DQA10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN77DQA10), Jan 19, 1977: Cessna 172 (N7997G), Los Alamos, NM, 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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