# Accident 19770317004899A: Cessna 172E, Compton, CA, March 17, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 17, 1977
- Place: Compton, CA
- Airport: Compton
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 33.8940° N, 118.2275° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Compton, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8940&lon=-118.2275&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3707S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3707S-2024-11-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172E (registry code 2072412, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 334 total, 120 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX77FUD05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX77FUD05) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770317004899A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 LAX77FUD05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX77FUD05), Mar 17, 1977: Cessna 172E (N3707S), Compton, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N3707S (1)

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

- [Incident 20180410003439I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180410003439I), Apr 10, 2018: Cessna 172E (N3707S), Sarasota, FL, No damage. On April 10, 2018, at 11:48 EST (15:48 z), a Cessna 172E, N3707S, registered to Gulfstream boats, inc. encountered a group of blackbirds (crows) flying from…

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.