# Accident 19750316013309A: Cessna 170, Byrdstown, TN, March 16, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 16, 1975
- Place: Byrdstown, TN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 36.5736° N, 85.1342° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Byrdstown, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.5736&lon=-85.1342&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4082V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4082V-1975-07-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170 (registry code 2072302, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC75AN093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC75AN093) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750316013309A

## Narrative

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

PSGR STATED PLT MADE APCH TO ROAD,SPOTTED PWR LINES,LOST CTL IN CLIMBING TURN.

## 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 NYC75AN093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC75AN093), Mar 16, 1975: Cessna 170 (N4082V), Byrdstown, TN, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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