# Accident 19790904034599A: Cessna 172N, Pinnacle, NC, September 4, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 1979, 19:07 local time
- Place: Pinnacle, NC
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.3228° N, 80.4232° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pinnacle, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3228&lon=-80.4232&mi=10
- Aircraft: N738FR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N738FR-2017-02-04) (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
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 86 total, 46 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD79FA073](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79FA073) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790904034599A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 IAD79FA073](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79FA073), Sep 4, 1979: Cessna 172N (N738FR), Pinnacle, NC, destroyed, 4 fatal

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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