# Accident 19771205040769A: Cessna 172D, Utuado, Puerto Rico, December 5, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 5, 1977
- Place: Utuado, Puerto Rico
- Airport: Private Strip
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 18.2692° N, 66.7060° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Utuado, PR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.2692&lon=-66.7060&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2160Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2160Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172D (registry code 2072410, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,351 total, 50 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA78DKA04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78DKA04) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19771205040769A

## Narrative

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

1ST FLT INTO 1500FT STRIP.HIT ROCKS AT END.

## 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 MIA78DKA04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78DKA04), Dec 5, 1977: Cessna 172 (N2160Y), Utuado, PR, 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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