# Accident 19770625016339A: Cessna 172H, College Park, MD, June 25, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 25, 1977
- Place: College Park, MD
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 38.9967° N, 76.9364° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of College Park, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9967&lon=-76.9364&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2477L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2477L-2014-09-22) (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
- Reported engine: LYC
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,948 total, 1,659 in this make and model, 73 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD77FIG21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD77FIG21) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770625016339A

## Narrative

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

NR 2 EXHAUST VALVE STUCK OPEN.

## 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 IAD77FIG21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD77FIG21), Jun 25, 1977: Cessna 172 (N2477L), College Park, MD, substantial damage

## Other reports on N2477L (2)

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

- [Accident 19840401007759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840401007759A), Apr 1, 1984: Cessna 172H (N2477L), Hagerstown, MD, Destroyed. Engine failed to respond on final. Crash landed short of airport. Had failed to make timely use of carburetor heat.
- [Incident 19810318021489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810318021489I), Mar 18, 1981: Cessna 172H (N2477L), Hagerstown, MD, Minor damage. During touch and go pilot raised flaps and aircraft settled back on runway. Lost control ran off embankment.

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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