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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 172N · Pinnacle, NC · September 4, 1979

Date
September 4, 1979 · 19:07 local
Place
Pinnacle, NC
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N738FR
NTSB investigation
NTSBIAD79FA073
Reported as
Cessna 172N
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
3
Pilot’s flight hours
86 total46 in this make and model1 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft observed prforming stall maneuver from which it did not recover just prior to crash.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT OBSERVED PRFORMING STALL MANEUVER FROM WHICH IT DID NOT RECOVER JUST PRIOR TO CRASH.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.