# Accident 19750816024929A: Cessna 172M, Payson, AZ, August 16, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 1975
- Place: Payson, AZ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 34.2438° N, 111.3190° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Payson, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2438&lon=-111.3190&mi=10
- Aircraft: N921CR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N921CR-1975-09-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 83 total, 7 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX7LFUJ11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX7LFUJ11) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750816024929A

## Narrative

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

BUZZED CAMP & THEN TRIED TO OUTCLIMB RISING TERRAIN. DENSITY ALT 9600FT.

## 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 LAX7LFUJ11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX7LFUJ11), Aug 16, 1975: Cessna 172 (N921CR), Payson, AZ, substantial damage

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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