# Accident 19790728024469A: Cessna 172, Tortilla Flats, AZ, July 28, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 1979, 18:00 local time
- Place: Tortilla Flats, AZ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Aircraft: N5770A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5770A-1981-05-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 452 total, 452 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX79DUJ97](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79DUJ97) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790728024469A

## Narrative

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

OIL FILLER CAP WAS LOOSE. NO OIL FOUND AT WRECK SIGHT, ALTHOUGH A HOLE WAS KNOCKED IN OIL PAN BY IMPACT FORCES.

## 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 LAX79DUJ97](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79DUJ97), Jul 28, 1979: Cessna 172 (N5770A), Tortilla Flats, AZ, 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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