# Accident 19770510010549A: Cessna 172M, Melville, LA, May 10, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 1977
- Place: Melville, LA
- Airport: Hanks
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 30.7418° N, 91.7805° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Hanks Airport, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.7418&lon=-91.7805&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1247U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1247U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 33 total, 21 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW77DRD23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW77DRD23) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770510010549A

## 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 FTW77DRD23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW77DRD23), May 10, 1977: Cessna 172 (N1247U), Melville, LA, destroyed

## Other reports on N1247U (2)

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

- [Incident 20020815021579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020815021579I), Aug 15, 2002: Cessna 172M (N1247U), Red Lodge, MT, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot states aircraft hit deer almost immediately upon landing Red Lodge.
- [Incident 19980705015689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980705015689I), Jul 5, 1998: Cessna 172M (N1247U), Red Lodge, MT, Minor damage. During flight instruction being given in the area of forced landins, using runway 16, bounced on landing and bounced again. The right main gear contacted the…

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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