# Accident 19790803023929A: Cessna 172N, Blyn, WA, August 3, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 1979, 09:40 local time
- Place: Blyn, WA
- Airport: Fairchild
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.0094° N, 122.9801° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Blyn, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.0094&lon=-122.9801&mi=10
- Aircraft: N733LC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N733LC-1981-04-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,096 total, 277 in this make and model, 246 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA79FYE38](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA79FYE38) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790803023929A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 SEA79FYE38](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA79FYE38), Aug 3, 1979: Cessna 172N (N733LC), Port Angeles, WA, 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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