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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 172K · Alpine, TX · September 21, 1977

Date
September 21, 1977
Place
Alpine, TX
Airport
John Bullock
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N79047
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW77DQD29
Reported as
Cessna 172K
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
13,420 total1,600 in this make and model105 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Acft encountered downdrafts and turbl to extent that flight could not be maintained

As the FAA filed it

ACFT ENCOUNTERED DOWNDRAFTS AND TURBL TO EXTENT THAT FLIGHT COULD NOT BE MAINTAINED

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.