# NTSB IFO72DYZ04: Cessna 140, N76938, Hanau, Georgia, April 9, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: April 9, 1972
- Place: Hanau, Georgia · HANAU,HESSEN, Germany
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 4, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 166799
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=IFO72DYZ04
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IFO72DYZ04

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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6-0013   72/4/9    HANAU,HESSEN,GER    CESSNA 140          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 35, 73 TOTAL
        TIME - 1534                    N76938              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  HOURS, 14 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - HANAU
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          LUXEMBOURG,GERMANY          HANAU,HESSEN,GER
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 LANDING: ROLL
           NOSE OVER/DOWN                                           LANDING: ROLL
        REMARKS- INVESTIGATION UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE GERMAN GOVERNMENT
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N76938 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Hanau

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.

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