# Accident 19770821025019A: Cessna 172M, Key Largo, FL, August 21, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 21, 1977
- Place: Key Largo, FL
- Airport: Key Largo
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 25.1226° N, 80.4116° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Key Largo, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.1226&lon=-80.4116&mi=10
- Aircraft: N12743, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N12743-2013-04-10) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 117 total, 20 in this make and model, 61 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA77DKT70](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA77DKT70) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770821025019A

## 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 MIA77DKT70](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA77DKT70), Aug 21, 1977: Cessna 172 (N12743), Key Largo, FL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N12743 (2)

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

- [Accident 19790803024079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790803024079A), Aug 3, 1979: Cessna 172 (N12743), Bimini, Bahamas, Substantial damage. While taxing for takeoff on edge of runway, struck a parked truck with wing of aircraft.
- [Incident 19780325010379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780325010379I), Mar 25, 1978: Cessna 172 (N12743), Ft Myers, FL, Minor damage. Pilot landed on beach while it was in use by bathers. Aircraft suffered minor damage on takeoff.

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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