# Accident 19790310017839A: Cessna 172N, Dequincy, LA, March 10, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 10, 1979, 08:03 local time
- Place: Dequincy, LA
- Airport: Industrial
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.4490° N, 93.4457° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of DeQuincy, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4490&lon=-93.4457&mi=10
- Aircraft: N737XR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N737XR-2013-07-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 67 total, 67 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW79FA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FA060) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790310017839A

## Narrative

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

NONINSTRUMENT RATED PILOT DEPARTED AIRPORT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER. STRUCK TREES ON INITIAL CLIMB.

## 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 FTW79FA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FA060), Mar 10, 1979: Cessna 172N (N737XR), Dequincy, LA, 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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