# Accident 19790225003639A: Cessna 172, Little Rock, AR, February 25, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 25, 1979, 13:37 local time
- Place: Little Rock, AR
- Airport: Adams Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7465° N, 92.2896° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Little Rock, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7465&lon=-92.2896&mi=10
- Aircraft: N73794, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N73794-1983-05-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 98 total, 26 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW79DPG19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79DPG19) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790225003639A

## Narrative

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

PILOT ALLOWED AIRCRAFT TO BALLOON AFTER LANDING.DRIFTED INTO SNOW BANK AND BECAME INVERTED.

## 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 FTW79DPG19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79DPG19), Feb 25, 1979: Cessna 172 (N73794), Little Rock, AR, substantial damage

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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