# Accident 19770325019329A: Cessna 172, Payson, AZ, March 25, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 25, 1977
- Place: Payson, AZ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- 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: N4181F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4181F-1977-09-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 341 total, 281 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX77FA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX77FA031) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770325019329A

## Narrative

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

RECOVERY DATE 3/27/77.

## 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 LAX77FA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX77FA031), Mar 25, 1977: Cessna 172 (N4181F), Payson, AZ, destroyed, 4 fatal

## Other reports on N4181F (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19730325006739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730325006739A), Mar 25, 1973: Cessna 172 (N4181F), Navajo Mt, UT, Substantial damage. Became airborne on upslope in aprx 300 ft run. Rwy then sloped dwnward. Hit mound. Dens alt 6640 ft.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.