# Accident 19790805023759A: Cessna 172, Afton, WY, August 5, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 1979, 17:00 local time
- Place: Afton, WY
- Airport: Afton
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7112° N, 110.9420° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Afton Municipal Airport (AFO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7112&lon=-110.9420&mi=10
- Aircraft: N19921, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N19921-1981-03-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 91 total, 91 in this make and model, 34 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN79DTC23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN79DTC23) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790805023759A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 DEN79DTC23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN79DTC23), Aug 5, 1979: Cessna 172 (N19921), Afton, WY, substantial damage

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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