# Accident 19790708015799A: Cessna 172, Haynesville, LA, July 8, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 1979, 09:30 local time
- Place: Haynesville, LA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.9663° N, 93.1381° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Haynesville, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9663&lon=-93.1381&mi=10
- Aircraft: N75625 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 170 total, 66 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW79DPG61](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79DPG61) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790708015799A

## Narrative

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

DESTINATION OF PILOT BECAME IFR, DURING SEARCH FOR ALTERNATE AIRPORT, AIRCRAFT CRASHED ATTEMPTING EMERGENCY LNDG.

## 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 FTW79DPG61](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79DPG61), Jul 8, 1979: Cessna 172 (N75625), El Dorado, AR, substantial damage

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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