# Accident 19771204041299A: Cessna 172N, Dickson, TN, December 4, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 4, 1977
- Place: Dickson, TN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 36.0633° N, 87.3689° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dickson, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0633&lon=-87.3689&mi=10
- Aircraft: N75923, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N75923-1981-10-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 168 total, 0 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD78FA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD78FA018) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19771204041299A

## 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 IAD78FA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD78FA018), Dec 4, 1977: Cessna 172H (N75923), Dickson, TN, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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