# Accident 19790824020339A: Cessna 172N, Crossett, AR, August 24, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 24, 1979, 16:30 local time
- Place: Crossett, AR
- Airport: Crossett
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1228° N, 91.9577° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Crossett, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1228&lon=-91.9577&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2754E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2754E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 42 total, 12 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW79DPG78](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79DPG78) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790824020339A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT OVER CONTROLLED AIRCRAFT ON BASE LEG FOR AIRPORT RUNWAY. LANDED IN ADJACENT BEAN 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 FTW79DPG78](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79DPG78), Aug 24, 1979: Cessna 172N (N2754E), Crossett, AR, substantial damage

## Other reports on N2754E (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19910614033329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910614033329I), Jun 14, 1991: Cessna 172N (N2754E), Atlantic Beach, NC, 1 fatal. On a parachute jump the parachutist never deployed his chute and landed in the ocean. Had a blood alcohol of .08.

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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