# Accident 19790307009969A: Cessna 172, Eureka, CA, March 7, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 7, 1979, 21:35 local time
- Place: Eureka, CA
- Airport: Murray
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8034° N, 124.1128° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MURRAY FLD (EKA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8034&lon=-124.1128&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6788A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6788A-1980-02-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 61 total, 26 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80FA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FA051) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790307009969A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT WITH PASSENGERS DEPARTED AT NIGHT INTO A LOW CEILING. CRASHED IN WOODED AREA. NO GROUND LIGHTS.

## 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 LAX80FA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FA051), Mar 7, 1979: Cessna 172 (N6788A), Eureka, CA, destroyed, 3 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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