# Accident 19790505019789A: Cessna 172A, Albany, KY, May 5, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 5, 1979, 17:55 local time
- Place: Albany, KY
- Airport: Spring Creek
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.6905° N, 85.1355° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Albany, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6905&lon=-85.1355&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7687T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7687T-2013-05-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172A (registry code 2072404, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 78 total, 33 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD79FA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79FA048) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790505019789A

## Narrative

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

ACFT STALLED TURNING FINAL, HIT PAVED ROAD IN NOSE DOWN ALTITUDE. LOW TIME PILOT.HAD NOT RECEIVED 172 CHECKOUT.

## 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 IAD79FA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79FA048), May 5, 1979: Cessna 172A (N7687T), Albany, KY, destroyed, 2 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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