# Accident 19790813018909A: Cessna 172N, Cloudcroft, NM, August 13, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 13, 1979, 12:20 local time
- Place: Cloudcroft, NM
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.9522° N, 105.7324° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cloudcroft, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9522&lon=-105.7324&mi=10
- Aircraft: N739WT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N739WT-1982-08-24) (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: 240 total, 7 in this make and model, 113 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN79FQD15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN79FQD15) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790813018909A

## Narrative

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

BECAME LOST ENROUTE. ATTEMPTED TO FOLLOW ROAD IN CANYON. UNABLE TO CLEAR TERRAIN OR TURN. HIT TREES.

## 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 DEN79FQD15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN79FQD15), Aug 13, 1979: Cessna 172 (N739WT), Cloudcroft, NM, 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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