# Incident 19790904034339I: Cessna 172K, Bedford, MA, September 4, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 1979, 10:54 local time
- Place: Bedford, MA
- Airport: Hanscom Afb
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4906° N, 71.2762° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bedford, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4906&lon=-71.2762&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7373G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7373G-1997-11-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172K (registry code 2072430, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172K
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,200 total, 700 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790904034339I

## Narrative

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

ASSYMETRICAL FLAP CONDITION DUE TO DRY AND DIRTY FLAP TRACK. PUSH PULL ROD WAS BENT. PN 05323919.

## Other reports on N7373G (1)

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

- [Accident 19960613013799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960613013799A), Jun 13, 1996: Cessna 172K (N7373G), Gardner, MA, Substantial damage. High on approach to land but to slow and too late to go around. Bounced ran off end runway. Hit REIL. Nosed over.

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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