# Accident 19790703032431A: Cessna R172E, Ashdown, AR, July 3, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 3, 1979, 18:15 local time
- Place: Ashdown, AR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6745° N, 94.1266° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ashdown, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6745&lon=-94.1266&mi=10
- Aircraft: N73532, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N73532-1981-04-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R172E (registry code 2072413, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r172e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R172E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 134 total, 134 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW79FA092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FA092) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790703032431A

## Narrative

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

ACFT COLLIDED WITH CESSNA 340, N345B, IN FLIGHT.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N345B, Cessna 340CESSNA: [Accident 19790703032432A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790703032432A)

## 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 FTW79FA092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FA092), Jul 3, 1979: Cessna R172 (N73532), Ashdown, AR, destroyed, 7 fatal

## Other reports on N73532 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19760129001349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760129001349A), Jan 29, 1976: Cessna R172E (N73532), Texarkana, AR, Substantial damage. Dmgd firewall.

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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