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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 172N · Blyn, WA · August 3, 1979

Date
August 3, 1979 · 09:40 local
Place
Blyn, WA
Airport
Fairchild
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N733LC
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA79FYE38
Reported as
Cessna 172N
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,096 total277 in this make and model246 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.

Struck trees on mountain in level flight. Pilot does not remember flight. No witnesses. Fog in area.

As the FAA filed it

STRUCK TREES ON MOUNTAIN IN LEVEL FLIGHT. PILOT DOES NOT REMEMBER FLIGHT. NO WITNESSES. FOG IN AREA.

NTSB investigation

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