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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna R172K · Dover Plains, NJ · February 23, 1979

Date
February 23, 1979 · 19:13 local
Place
Dover Plains, NJ
Airport
Duchess Co
Phase of flight
Final Approach-IFR
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N736FW
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC79FA024
Reported as
Cessna R172K
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
0 in this make and model0 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.

Aircraft on IFR approach VOR inbound collided with a mountain. Radio tuned to wrong VOR.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT ON IFR APPROACH VOR INBOUND COLLIDED WITH A MOUNTAIN.RADIO TUNED TO WRONG VOR.

NTSB investigation

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