# Accident 19760809026659A: Cessna 172K, Bryson City, NC, August 9, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 9, 1976
- Place: Bryson City, NC
- Airport: Ferguson Field
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 35.4265° N, 83.4460° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bryson City, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4265&lon=-83.4460&mi=10
- Aircraft: N78479, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N78479-1976-10-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172K (registry code 2072430, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172K
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 72 total, 70 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD76AI092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76AI092) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760809026659A

## Narrative

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

ACFT OBSVD TO FLY UP THE VALLEY,VERY LOW,PRIOR T0 A STEEP L 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 IAD76AI092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76AI092), Aug 9, 1976: Cessna 172K (N78479), Bryson City, NC, destroyed, 5 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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