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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172 · Afton, WY · August 5, 1979

Date
August 5, 1979 · 17:00 local
Place
Afton, WY
Airport
Afton
Phase of flight
Go Round (Aborted VFR)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N19921
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN79DTC23
Reported as
Cessna 172
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
91 total91 in this make and model34 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.

Pilot allowed airspeed to decrease to the point where she could not climb. Landed in field.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT ALLOWED AIRSPEED TO DECREASE TO THE POINT WHERE SHE COULD NOT CLIMB. LANDED IN FIELD.

NTSB investigation

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