# Accident 19790707021539A: Cessna 172M, Bremerton, WA, July 7, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 7, 1979, 00:14 local time
- Place: Bremerton, WA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.5400° N, 122.7171° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bremerton, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.5400&lon=-122.7171&mi=10
- Aircraft: N172KA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N172KA-1982-08-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 129 total, 13 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA79FA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA79FA042) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790707021539A

## Narrative

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

PILOT MADE LOW PASSES OVER FRIENDS RESIDENCE. HIT TREES. CRASHED & BURNED . FACTORS: DARK NIGHT, ALCOHOL.

## 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 SEA79FA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA79FA042), Jul 7, 1979: Cessna 172M (N172KA), Bremerton, WA, 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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