# NTSB SEA74FTI20: Cessna 172B, N7972X, Livingston, MT, March 30, 1974

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: March 30, 1974
- Place: Livingston, MT · LIVINGSTON, MT
- Location: 45.6656° N, 110.5557° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Livingston, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6656&lon=-110.5557&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 22, 1974
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 186369
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA74FTI20
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA74FTI20

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0797  74/3/30    LIVINGSTON,MONT     CESSNA 172B         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 292
        TIME - 1530                    N7972X              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 32 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MISSION FIELD
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
          GREENLY,COLO                SPOKANE,WASH                 LIVINGSTON,MONT
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 TAXI: FROM LANDING
           NOSE OVER/DOWN                                           TAXI: FROM LANDING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - TAXIED/PARKED WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE
           WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS
        WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED                                      7000
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED)                                     NONE
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND
          NONE                                                     UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES                                   WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS
          210                                                       41
        TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS                               TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          VFR                                                      NONE
        REMARKS- GUSTING TO 55K.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7972X](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7972X-2013-02-27), registration cancelled 2013-02-27, S/N 17248472, built 1961 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172B
- Registry model: [Cessna 172B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172b) (registry code 2072406) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Mission Field

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19740330007459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740330007459A), Mar 30, 1974: Cessna 172D, Livingston, MT, Substantial damage. Gusting to 55K.

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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