# Accident 19790418006969A: Cessna 172, Belleville, KS, April 18, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 18, 1979, 21:00 local time
- Place: Belleville, KS
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8243° N, 97.6339° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Belleville, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8243&lon=-97.6339&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1455U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1455U-2011-03-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 343 total, 221 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC79DCQ18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79DCQ18) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790418006969A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS MAKING AN INSTRUMENT APPROACH. DESCENDED BELOW MINIMUM DESCENT ALTITUDE AND STRUCK THE GROUND

## 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 MKC79DCQ18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79DCQ18), Apr 18, 1979: Cessna 172 (N1455U), Belleville, KS, 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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