# Accident 19790808023509A: Cessna 152, Crown Point, NM, August 8, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 1979, 14:00 local time
- Place: Crown Point, NM
- Airport: Crown Point
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.7177° N, 108.2016° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CROWNPOINT (0E8), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7177&lon=-108.2016&mi=10
- Aircraft: N68705, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N68705-2018-02-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 48 total, 40 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN79DQA45](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN79DQA45) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790808023509A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT BECAME LOST ON SOLO CROSS COUNTRY. BECAME LOW ON FUEL. STALLED ACFT ON UNSCHEDULED AIRPORT LANDING

## 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 DEN79DQA45](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN79DQA45), Aug 8, 1979: Cessna 152 (N68705), Crown Point, NM, 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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