# Accident 19790630019099A: Cessna 172, Rimrock, AZ, June 30, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 30, 1979, 15:30 local time
- Place: Rimrock, AZ
- Airport: Rimrock
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.6509° N, 111.7882° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RIMROCK (48AZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6509&lon=-111.7882&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8179U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8179U-1982-09-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172F (registry code 2072414, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 287 total, 225 in this make and model, 225 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX79DUJ91](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79DUJ91) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790630019099A

## Narrative

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

PILOT LOST CONTROL DURING CROSS WIND LANDING AND CRASHED OFF SIDE OF RUNWAY.

## 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 LAX79DUJ91](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79DUJ91), Jun 30, 1979: Cessna 172 (N8179U), Rimrock, AZ, destroyed

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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