# Accident 19790116000899A: Cessna 172H, Mount Judea, AR, January 16, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 16, 1979, 17:45 local time
- Place: Mount Judea, AR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9262° N, 93.0568° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mount Judea, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9262&lon=-93.0568&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2564L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2564L-2013-02-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172H (registry code 2072424, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172H
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 102 total, 102 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW79FA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FA044) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790116000899A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT HIT TOP OF A HILL WHICH WAS COVERED WITH FOG. WATER WAS FOUND IN FUEL. ACFT WAS NOT FOUND FOR 5 DAYS

## 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 FTW79FA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FA044), Jan 16, 1979: Cessna 172N (N2564L), Mount Judea, AR, 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.

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