# Accident 19781220045089A: Cessna 172D, Ada, OK, December 20, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 20, 1978
- Place: Ada, OK
- Airport: Ada Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 34.8043° N, 96.6712° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ADA RGNL (ADH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8043&lon=-96.6712&mi=10
- Aircraft: N75819, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N75819-1979-08-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172D
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 113 total, 22 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW79FA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FA029) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781220045089A

## Narrative

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

CRASHED SHORTLY AFTER RPTD CLIMBING THRU 2500FT.FULL NOSE-UP TRIM BLOOD ALCOHOL LVL 183MG .

## 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 FTW79FA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FA029), Dec 20, 1978: Cessna 172N (N75819), Ada, OK, destroyed, 4 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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