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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 177 · Mormon Lake, AZ · March 12, 1979

Date
March 12, 1979 · 06:45 local
Place
Mormon Lake, AZ
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3291T
Reported as
Cessna 177
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
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 was stolen by a non pilot who flew till almost out of fuel. Acft damaged in off airport landing.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT WAS STOLEN BY A NON PILOT WHO FLEW TILL ALMOST OUT OF FUEL. ACFT DAMAGED IN OFF AIRPORT LANDING.