# Accident 19790703032432A: Cessna 340CESSNA, 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, second 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: N345B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N345B-1982-11-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 340 (registry code 2076404, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340CESSNA
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 5,375 total, 36 in this make and model, 28 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/19790703032432A

## Narrative

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

ACFT COLLIDED WITH CESSNA R172E, N73532, IN FLIGHT.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N73532, Cessna R172E: [Accident 19790703032431A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790703032431A)

## 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 340 (N345B), Ashdown, AR, destroyed, 7 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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