# Accident 19790725022769A: Cessna 172, Montebello, VA, July 25, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 25, 1979, 18:15 local time
- Place: Montebello, VA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.8637° N, 79.1378° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Montebello, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8637&lon=-79.1378&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2860L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2860L-1981-03-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172H (registry code 2072424, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,203 total, 114 in this make and model, 104 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD79FID22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79FID22) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790725022769A

## Narrative

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

ACFT WAS OPERATING AT LOW ALTITUDE DURING CANDY DROP WHEN CRASH OCCURRED. OCCUPANTS COULD NOT RECALL CIRCUMSTANCES

## 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 IAD79FID22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79FID22), Jul 25, 1979: Cessna 172 (N2860L), Montebello, VA, destroyed

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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