# Accident 19770407008509A: Cessna 172G, Sandstone, MN, April 7, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 7, 1977
- Place: Sandstone, MN
- Airport: Sandstone Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Location: 46.1290° N, 92.8646° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sandstone, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.1290&lon=-92.8646&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4621L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4621L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172G (registry code 2072420, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172G
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 87 total, 87 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC77DER28](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC77DER28) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770407008509A

## Narrative

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

WIND GUSTING TO 15 KTS.

## 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 MKC77DER28](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC77DER28), Apr 7, 1977: Cessna 172G (N4621L), Sandstone, MN, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4621L (2)

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

- [Accident 19991015030529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991015030529A), Oct 15, 1999: Cessna 172G (N4621L), Cambridge, MN, Substantial damage. (.19) On October 15, 1999, at 1650 central daylight time, a Cessna 172G, N4621L, owned and piloted by a commercial pilot, was substantially damaged following a…
- [Incident 19860111012499I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860111012499I), Jan 11, 1986: Cessna 172G (N4621L), Cloquet, MN. Student lost sight of runway with nose high attitude on takeoff. Struck a snowbank off side of the runway.

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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