# Accident 19770623019569A: Cessna 172M, Farmingdale, NY, June 23, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 23, 1977
- Place: Farmingdale, NY
- Airport: Republic
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 40.7293° N, 73.4134° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at REPUBLIC (FRG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7293&lon=-73.4134&mi=10
- Aircraft: N20501 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 570 total, 5 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC77FHJ19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC77FHJ19) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770623019569A

## Narrative

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

RT WING STRUCK TREE WHILE TAXIING. ACFT TURNED ABRUPTLY AND PROP DOME STRUCK ANOTHER TREE.

## 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 NYC77FHJ19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC77FHJ19), Jun 23, 1977: Cessna 172 (N20501), Farmingdale, NY, substantial damage

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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