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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 172M · Kitty Hawk, NC · July 4, 1979

Date
July 4, 1979 · 18:30 local
Place
Kitty Hawk, NC
Airport
First Flight
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N20739
NTSB investigation
NTSBIAD79FA061
Reported as
Cessna 172M
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
4
Pilot’s flight hours
122 total86 in this make and model19 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

VFR low time plt departed into area of severe thunderstorms. Acft lost wing in flt by exceeding load factors.

As the FAA filed it

VFR LOW TIME PLT DEPARTED INTO AREA OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ACFT LOST WING IN FLT BY EXCEEDING LOAD FACTORS.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.