# Accident 19730628018179A: Cessna 172D, Crossville, TN, June 28, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 28, 1973
- Place: Crossville, TN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 35.9515° N, 85.0306° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Crossville, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9515&lon=-85.0306&mi=10
- Aircraft: N84368, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N84368-1973-08-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172K (registry code 2072430, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,534 total, 101 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD73FKW29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD73FKW29) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730628018179A

## Narrative

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

ENTRD CLOUD,INITIATED L TURN TO FLY OUT AFTR COUNT OF 3.HIT TREES ON MTN.

## 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 IAD73FKW29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD73FKW29), Jun 28, 1973: Cessna 172 (N84368), Crossville, TN, destroyed

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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