# Accident 19770929040209A: Cessna 172D, Pahala, HI, September 29, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 29, 1977
- Place: Pahala, HI
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 19.1992° N, 155.4773° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pahala, HI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=19.1992&lon=-155.4773&mi=10
- Aircraft: N733FZ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N733FZ-1981-02-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 105 total, 105 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK77FA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK77FA059) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770929040209A

## Narrative

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

FLYING IN VICINITY VOLCANO ERUPTION AREA-CLOUD COVER CONSTANTLY CHANGING.TURN/BANK & WINDOWS INOP.

## 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 OAK77FA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK77FA059), Sep 29, 1977: Cessna 172N (N733FZ), Pahala, HI, destroyed, 2 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.

---
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.