# Accident 19770609013219A: Cessna P172D, Hermisillo, June 9, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 9, 1977
- Place: Hermisillo
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Aircraft: N8553X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8553X-2013-10-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna P172D (registry code 2072202, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p172d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GO-300 series (registry code 17024, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-go-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA P172D
- Reported engine: CONT
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 205 total, 205 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX77OA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX77OA008) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770609013219A

## Narrative

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

HIT ROAD SIGNS LDG ON HIWAY. INVEST UNDER JURISDICTION OF GOVT OF MEXICO.

## 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 LAX77OA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX77OA008), Jun 9, 1977: Cessna 172D (N8553X), Hermisillo, Mexico, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8553X (1)

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

- [Accident 19850312006549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850312006549A), Mar 12, 1985: Cessna P172D (N8553X), Soda Springs, ID, Substantial damage. Took off, noted no airspeed indiction. Landed, overshot runway, hit snow bank, flipped over. Pitot tube iced up.

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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