# Accident 19790821026199A: Cessna 172M, Schroon Lake, NY, August 21, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 21, 1979, 21:30 local time
- Place: Schroon Lake, NY
- Airport: Schroon Lake
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.8626° N, 73.7405° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SCHROON LAKE (4B7), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.8626&lon=-73.7405&mi=10
- Aircraft: N29391, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N29391-1984-10-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 543 total, 384 in this make and model, 66 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC79FFA33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79FFA33) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790821026199A

## Narrative

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

ACFT STALLED ON INITIAL CLIMB. CRASHED NOSE DOWN ON RUNWAY. PILOT STATES SEAT SLID BACK. FOUND FLAPS FULL DOWN.

## 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 NYC79FFA33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79FFA33), Aug 21, 1979: Cessna 172M (N29391), Schroon Lake, NY, 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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