# Accident 19770605015599A: Cessna 172H, Valparaiso, IN, June 5, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 5, 1977
- Place: Valparaiso, IN
- Airport: Porter County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Location: 41.4540° N, 87.0071° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PORTER COUNTY RGNL (VPZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4540&lon=-87.0071&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8262L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8262L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172H (registry code 2072424, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172H
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15 total, 15 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI77DET16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI77DET16) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770605015599A

## Narrative

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

NOSEWHEEL STRUCK RWY LIGHT.

## 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 CHI77DET16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI77DET16), Jun 5, 1977: Cessna 172H (N8262L), Valparaiso, IN, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8262L (3)

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

- [Incident 19990330021299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990330021299I), Mar 30, 1999: Cessna 172H (N8262L), Champaign-Urban, IL. Airman was completing a personal flight from sparta, IL, to Champaign, IL, when the acft suffered fuel exhaustion approx three miles south of Champaign-willard…
- [Accident 19920726030059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920726030059A), Jul 26, 1992: Cessna 172H (N8262L), Chenoa, IL, Substantial damage. Tried to depart short,soft,unmowed strip. Unable to climb after liftoff. Aborted. Landed in tall corn off end runway
- [Incident 19850216012379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850216012379I), Feb 16, 1985: Cessna 172H (N8262L), Valparaiso, IN, Minor damage. Lost directional control after landing with crosswind. Struck snowbank.

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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