# Accident 19871017060132A: Cessna 172P, Bedford, MA, October 17, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 17, 1987, 17:38 local time
- Place: Bedford, MA
- Airport: Laurence G Hanscom Fld
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4699° N, 71.2890° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAURENCE G HANSCOM FLD (BED), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4699&lon=-71.2890&mi=10
- Aircraft: N97313, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N97313) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYC O320D2J
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 327 total, 70 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC88LA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88LA012) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871017060132A

## Narrative

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

WAS STRUCK BY N6718Z WHILE CIRCLING TO LAND IN TRAFFIC PATTERN. SCUD HAZE IN AREA. LANDED OK. NO REPORT FROM TOWER.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N6718Z, Beech 23BEECH: [Accident 19871017060131A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871017060131A)

## 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 NYC88LA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88LA012), Oct 17, 1987: Cessna 172P (N97313), Bedford, MA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N97313 (1)

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

- [Accident 19910301004169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910301004169A), Mar 1, 1991: Cessna 172P (N97313), Nashua, NH, Substantial damage. During landing flare wind gust caused pilot to lose control. Ran off runway. Left wing struck a tree.

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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